d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2
Šullat u Ḫaniš

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-02
Primary meaning Šullat-and-Ḫaniš-stars
Literal translation Šullat and Ḫaniš
Variants
d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 Šullat u Ḫaniš
Edited by
Šullat-and-Ḫaniš-stars constellation

Approx. corresponding to μ Centauri (?), and ε or ν Centauri (?).

DIŠ 2 MUL.MEŠ ša2 EGIR-šu2 GUB.MEŠ2-zu d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 d.UTU u d.IŠKUR

‘¶ The two stars which stand behind it: Šullat and Ḫaniš, Šamaš and Adad.’

— BM 86378 ii 25

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. 44

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 (Lemma #626). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 (Lemma #626). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 (Lemma #626). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 (Lemma #626), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac626,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {d.Šullat2 u d.Ḫaniš2 ({Lemma} #626)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/626/},
}