mul.Nin-maḫ
Ninmaḫ

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Ninmaḫ-star
Literal translation Ninmaḫ-star
Variants
mul.Nin-maḫ Ninmaḫ
Edited by
Ninmaḫ-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to a part of Vela.

DIŠ MUL ša2 ina 15-šu2 GUB-zu mul.Nin-maḫ

‘¶ The star which stands at its right: Ninmaḫ.’

— BM 86378 ii 21

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. 43

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.Nin-maḫ (Lemma #603). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.Nin-maḫ (Lemma #603). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.Nin-maḫ (Lemma #603). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.Nin-maḫ (Lemma #603), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac603,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{Nin}-maḫ ({Lemma} #603)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/603/},
}