mul.MA2.GUR8
makurru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Barge-star
Literal translation Barge-star
Variants
mul.MA2.GUR8 makurru
Edited by
Barge-star

DIŠ mul.MA2.GUR8 u mul.SUḪUR.MAŠ2.ku6

‘¶ the Barge, and the Goat-Fish.’

— BM 86378 ii 34

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. 46

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MA2.GUR8 (Lemma #629). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MA2.GUR8 (Lemma #629). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MA2.GUR8 (Lemma #629). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.MA2.GUR8 (Lemma #629), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac629,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{MA2}.{GUR8} ({Lemma} #629)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/},
}