kakkabu maḫrû ša rēš immeri

MUL₂ IGI ša SAG LU
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2026-10-28
Meanings
Literal translation
front star of the head of the ram
Categories
normal star
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. β Arietis

1.a β Arietis normal star

Variant name attested in diaries from 4th century BCE

⸢GU₄⸣.UD SIG MUL₂ IGI ša₂ SAG LU 2 KUŠ₃ 4 SI GU₄.UD 8 SI ana ŠU₂ LA₂

‘Mercury was 2 cubits 4 fingers below the Front Star of the Head of the Ram (β Arietis), Mercury being 8 fingers back to the west.’

— BM 34634 (ADRT I No. -384) Rev. 10

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 385 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). MUL₂ IGI ša SAG LU (Lemma #6422). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). MUL₂ IGI ša SAG LU (Lemma #6422). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). MUL₂ IGI ša SAG LU (Lemma #6422). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2026) MUL₂ IGI ša SAG LU (Lemma #6422), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6422,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2026},
	title = {MUL₂ {IGI} ša {SAG} {LU} ({Lemma} #6422)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6422/},
}