kakkabu maḫrû ša allutti ša šūti

MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ULU₃
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-10-27
Meanings
Literal translation
the front star of the crab to the south
Categories
normal star
star
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. θ Cancri

1.a θ Cancri normal star, star

Jones(2004) a3. Rarely used

(10') [GE₆ 23] (11') ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ⸢ULU₃⸣ 1 KUŠ₃

‘(10') [Night of (day) 23], last part of the night, Sin was 1 cubit in front of the front star of the crab to the south.’

— BM 32843 (ADRT III No. -133A) obv. 10'-11'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 134 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 198-199

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MUL₂ IGI ša₂ ALLA ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #453), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac453,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL₂ {IGI} ša₂ {ALLA} ša₂ {ULU}₃ ({Lemma} #453)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/453/},
}