ṣal-mu
ṣalmu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning human figure
Literal translation statue
Variants
ṣal-mu ṣalmu
Edited by
human figure constellations: descriptive term

(8) DIŠ mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.T[UR.TUR] 2 ṣal-mu lu-[b]u-uš-tu4 ziq-na zaq-nu (9) 2 MUL.MEŠ ina [SAG-šú-nu] eṣ-ru ṣal-mu IGI-ú ina ŠU ZÀG-šú il-tuh-a na-ši

‘(8) ¶ The L[esser] Twins are two clothed human figures with beards, provided with a kurkurru. (9) 2 stars are drawn [at their heads]. The front figure carries a whip in his right hand.’

— VAT 9428 obv. 8-9

Genre: uranology text
Provenance: Assur

P.-A. Beaulieu, E. Frahm, W. Horowitz and J. Steele 2018, The Cuneiform Uranology Texts. Drawing the Constellations. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 107, Part 2 22, 24

statue
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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ṣal-mu (Lemma #544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ṣal-mu (Lemma #544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ṣal-mu (Lemma #544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ṣal-mu (Lemma #544), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac544,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ṣal-mu ({Lemma} #544)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/544/},
}