mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA
sīsû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning Horse-star
Literal translation Horse-star
Variants
mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA sīsû
Edited by
Horse-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to α, β, γ, δ Cassiopeiae.

DIŠ MUL ša2 ina GUB3-šu2 GUB-zu mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA

‘¶ The star which stands on its left: the Horse.’

— BM 86378 i 30

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. 36

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA (Lemma #465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA (Lemma #465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA (Lemma #465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.ANŠE.KUR.RA (Lemma #465), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac465,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{AN}Š{E}.{KUR}.{RA} ({Lemma} #465)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/465/},
}