MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A
kakkab bāšti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Star of Dignity
Literal translation Star of Dignity
Variants
MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A kakkab bāšti
Edited by
Star of Dignity constellation

Approx. corresponding to Corona Borealis.

DIŠ MUL ša2 EGIR-šu2 GUB-zu MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A SUKAL d.MUŠ2

‘¶ The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak.’

— BM 86378 i 14

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. (2023). MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A (Lemma #495). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A (Lemma #495). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A (Lemma #495). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) MUL BAL.TEŠ2.A (Lemma #495), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac495,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {MUL {BAL}.{TE}Š2.{A} ({Lemma} #495)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/495/},
}