tikpu

Akkadian · noun
variant ti-ik-pi : tikpu
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-03
Meanings
Literal translation
dot
Categories
group of stars and constellations

1. dot star(s)

1.a dot star(s) group of stars and constellations

Dot stars are attested in groups of seven stars resp. constellations. The included stars can differ.

mul.GAM3 mul.LUGAL mul.U5.RI2.IN mul.ZU2.MUŠ.I3.NAG.A mul.is le-e mul.MUŠ mul.Li9-si4 7 ti-ik-pi

‘Crook-star, King-star, Eagle-star, Deleter-star, Jaw-of-the-Bull-star, Snake-star, Lisi star: 7 dot stars.’

— K 250+ (CT 26 40-41) rev. v 10-13

Genre: star list Provenance: Nineveh Date: 7th cent BCE

Koch-Westenholz, U., 1995. Mesopotamian Astrology. An Introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian Celestial Divination. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. 198

2. dot, spot

2.a dot, spot
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). tikpu (Lemma #600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). tikpu (Lemma #600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). tikpu (Lemma #600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) tikpu (Lemma #600), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac600,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {tikpu ({Lemma} #600)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/},
}