Anunītu

mul.A-nu-ni-tu₄
Akkadian · noun
variant ᵈA-nu-ni-tu₄ : Anunītu
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-03
Meanings
Literal translation
Anunitu
Categories
constellation
deity

1. Anunitu-star

1.a Anunitu-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to Eastern fish and part of line of Pisces.

DIŠ MUL ša2 EGIR mul.AŠ.IKU GUB-zu mul.A-nu-ni-tu4

‘¶ The star which stands behind the Field: Anunitu.’

— BM 86378 i 42

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

mul.tul-tu4 d.A-nu-ni-tu4

‘Maggot-star : Anunitu.’

— AO 8196 iii 27

Genre: star list Provenance: ? Date: 700-500 BCE

Koch-Westenholz, U., 1995. Mesopotamian Astrology. An Introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian Celestial Divination. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. 194

2. Anunitu

2.a Anunitu deity
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.A-nu-ni-tu₄ (Lemma #597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.A-nu-ni-tu₄ (Lemma #597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.A-nu-ni-tu₄ (Lemma #597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.A-nu-ni-tu₄ (Lemma #597), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac597,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{A}-nu-ni-tu₄ ({Lemma} #597)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/597/},
}