d.LAMMA
Lammu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Lammu-star
Literal translation Lammu
Variants
d.LAMMA Lammu
mul.Lam-mu Lammu
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Lammu deity
Lammu star

α Lyrae

DIŠ MUL ne2-bu-u2 ša2 mul.UZ3 d.LAMMA SUKAL d.Ba-U2

‘¶ The bright star of the Goat: Lammu, the vizier of Baba.’

— BM 86378 i 26

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

mul.Lam-mu SUKKAL d.Ba-U2

‘Lammu, vizier of Baba.’

— BM 42262 (5R, 46, 1) 17

Genre: star list
Provenance: Borsippa
Date: Achaemenid or Seleucid period.

Wee, J. Z., 2016. A Late Babylonian Astral Commentary on Marduk's Address to the Demons, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 75. 162

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.LAMMA (Lemma #499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.LAMMA (Lemma #499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.LAMMA (Lemma #499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) d.LAMMA (Lemma #499), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac499,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {d.{LAMMA} ({Lemma} #499)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/499/},
}