kakkabu 4 ša irat nēši

MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂

Akkadian · noun

variants MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ : kakkabu 4 ša irtišu , 4 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ GABA mul.UR.A : kakkabu 4 ša irat nēši

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-05

Meanings

1. α+η+γ+ζ Leonis?

Literal translation

four stars of the breast of the lion

1. α+η+γ+ζ Leonis?

1.a α+η+γ+ζ Leonis? star, ziqpu star

MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ [...]

‘The four stars of his breast: [...]’

— BM 36628+ obv. iii 9'

Genre: astral compendium Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 450-50 BCE

Steele, J. 2015, A Late Babylonian Compendium of Calendrical and Stellar Astrology, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67, 187-215

4 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ GABA mul.UR.A KIMIN GIR₃.2 15 IGI-tu₄ ša₂ mul.UR.A MURUB₄ mul.MUŠ u mul.NUN.KI GU

‘The four stars of the breast of the lion or the front right foot of the lion, the middle of the snake and the Nunki(-star): a string.’

— BM 78161 (GU text) obv. 11-12

Genre: astronomical list Provenance: Babylon or Sippar? Date: ca. 7th-5th century BCE

Pingree, D. and C. Walker 1988, A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161, Sachs Mem. Vol. 313-322

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/

MLA (9th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #572). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/

Harvard

Ossendrijver, M. (2025) MUL₂ 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #572), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac572,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {MUL₂ 4 ša₂ {GABA}-šu₂ ({Lemma} #572)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/572/},
}