mul.DAR.LUGAL
tarlugallu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning Rooster-star
Literal translation Rooster-star
Variants
mul.DAR.LUGAL tarlugallu
Edited by
Rooster-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to Lepus.

DIŠ MUL ša2 EGIR-šu2 GUB-zu mul.DAR.LUGAL

‘¶ The star which stands behind it: the Rooster.’

— Rm 2, 174+313 i 13'

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: Nineveh
Date: ca. 911-612 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 39-40

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.DAR.LUGAL (Lemma #601). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.DAR.LUGAL (Lemma #601). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.DAR.LUGAL (Lemma #601). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.DAR.LUGAL (Lemma #601), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac601,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{DAR}.{LUGAL} ({Lemma} #601)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/601/},
}