Ḫegalāju

Akkadian · noun
variants mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u₂ : Ḫegalāju , mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a : Ḫegalāju , mul₂.Ḫe₂-gal₂-la-a-a : Ḫegalāju
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-02
Meanings
Literal translation
Abundant One
Categories
star

1. Abundant-One-star

1.a Abundant-One-star star

Approx. corresponding to β Comae Berenices (?).

DIŠ MUL ša2 ina IGI-šu2 GUB-zu mul.Ḫe2-gal2-a-a SUKAL d.Nin-lil2

‘¶ The star which stands in front of it: the Abundant One, the minister of Ninlil.’

— BM 86378 i 13

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. 32

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u (Lemma #494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u (Lemma #494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u (Lemma #494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u (Lemma #494), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac494,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.Ḫe₂-gal₂-a-a-u ({Lemma} #494)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/494/},
}