mul.ŠAḪ
šaḫû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-02
Primary meaning Pig-star
Literal translation Pig-star
Variants
mul.ŠAḪ šaḫû
mul.ŠAḪ2 šaḫû
Edited by
Pig-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to head and first coil of Draco (?).

DIŠ MUL ša2 ina ZAG-šu2 GUB-zu mul.ŠAḪ d.Da-mu

‘¶ The star which stands on its right: the Pig, Damu.’

— BM 86378 i 29

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: ?
Date: ca. 626-539 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 35

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ŠAḪ (Lemma #464). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ŠAḪ (Lemma #464). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ŠAḪ (Lemma #464). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.ŠAḪ (Lemma #464), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac464,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.Š{A}Ḫ ({Lemma} #464)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/464/},
}