mul.LU.LIM
lulīmu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Stag-star
Literal translation Stag-star
Variants
mul.LU.LIM lulīmu
Edited by
Stag-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to the eastern part of Andromeda.

DIŠ MUL ša2 EGIR-šu2 GUB-zu mul.lu-lim SUKAL MUL.MUL

‘¶ The star which stands behind it: the Stag, the minister of the Stars.’

— BM 86378 i 31

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. (2023). mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #469). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #469). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #469). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #469), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac469,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{LU}.{LIM} ({Lemma} #469)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/469/},
}