mul.UR.BAR.RA
barbaru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-08-30
Primary meaning Wolf-star
Literal translation Wolf-star
Variants
mul.UR.BAR.RA barbaru
Edited by
Wolf-star star

Approx. corresponding to α Trianguli.

DIŠ ⌈mul.UR⌉.BAR.RA ⌈giš.NINDA2 ša2⌉ mul.[API]N

‘¶ The Wolf, the seed-funnel of the Plough.’

— VAT 9429 i 2

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: Assur
Date: 8th-7th cent. BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 30

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.BAR.RA (Lemma #693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.BAR.RA (Lemma #693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.BAR.RA (Lemma #693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.UR.BAR.RA (Lemma #693), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac693,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{UR}.{BAR}.{RA} ({Lemma} #693)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/693/},
}