makurru

mul.MA₂.GUR₈
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-03
Meanings
Literal translation
barge

1. Barge-star

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac629,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{MA}₂.{GUR}₈ ({Lemma} #629)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/629/},
}