Ḫabaṣīrānu

mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-02
Meanings
Literal translation
mouse
Categories
constellation

1. Mouse-star

1.a Mouse-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to most of Centaurus.

DIŠ mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM d.Nin-gir2-su

‘¶ The Mouse, Ningirsu.’

— BM 86378 ii 22

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM (Lemma #624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM (Lemma #624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM (Lemma #624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.EN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM (Lemma #624), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac624,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{EN}.{TE}.{NA}.{BAR}.Ḫ{UM} ({Lemma} #624)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/624/},
}