tikpu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning dot star
Variants
ti-ik-pi tikpu
Edited by
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

dot, spot common noun
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac600,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {tikpu ({Lemma} #600)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/600/},
}