d.Ḫar-ri-ru
Ḫarriru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-02
Primary meaning Vole-star
Literal translation vole
Variants
d.Ḫar-ri-ru Ḫarriru
Edited by
Vole-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to 18, 31, 32 Andromedae (?).

DIŠ MUL.MEŠ um-mu-lu-tu4 ša2 ina GABA mul.lu-lim GUB.MEŠ-zu d.Ḫar-ri-ru d.TIR.AN.NA

‘¶ The scintillating stars which stand in the chest of the Stag: The Vole, the Rainbow god.’

— BM 86378 i 32-33

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

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Ḫar-ri-ru (Lemma #501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Ḫar-ri-ru (Lemma #501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Ḫar-ri-ru (Lemma #501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) d.Ḫar-ri-ru (Lemma #501), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac501,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {d.Ḫar-ri-ru ({Lemma} #501)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/501/},
}