MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2
kakkabū šūt Enlil

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Stars of Enlil
Literal translation Stars of Enlil
Variants
MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2 kakkabū šūt Enlil
MUL.MEŠ šu-ut 50 kakkabū šūt Enlil
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Stars of Enlil group of stars and constellations

One of the three stellar divisions of the sky.

33 MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2

‘33 stars of Enlil.’

— BM 86378 i 39

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. 38

[ki-ma] MUL.MEŠ šu-ut 50 ug-da-me-ru-ni

‘When the stars of Enlil have been finished, (...).’

— ND 5497/22 i 16'

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: Kalhu
Date: ca. 800-600 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 37


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2 (Lemma #507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2 (Lemma #507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2 (Lemma #507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2 (Lemma #507), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac507,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {MUL.{ME}Š šu-ut d.{En}-lil2 ({Lemma} #507)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/507/},
}