ikû

mul.AŠ.IKU
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-25
Meanings
Literal translation
field
Categories
constellation
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Field-star

1.a Field-star constellation

Approx. correspponding to α, β, γ Pegasi and α Andromedae.

DIŠ mul.AŠ.IKU šu-bat d.E2-a a-lik IGI MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.A-nim

‘¶ The Field, the seat of Ea, who goes in front of the stars of Anu.’

— BM 86378 i 40

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

2. Pisces

2.a Pisces zodiac sign

A name for Pisces attested (mostly) in the Micro-zodiac series.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.AŠ.IKU (Lemma #555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.AŠ.IKU (Lemma #555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.AŠ.IKU (Lemma #555). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.AŠ.IKU (Lemma #555), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac555,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{A}Š.{IKU} ({Lemma} #555)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/555/},
}