mul.GAM3
gamlu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning Crook-star
Literal translation Crook-star
Variants
mul.GAM3 gamlu
Edited by
Crook-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to Auriga

Crook-star (α Aurigae) star: ziqpu star

α Aurigae

[...] 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN 18 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA mul.GAM₃ EN mul.KIŠIB-GAM₃

‘[...] 10 UŠ on ditto (the ground), 54 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), | from the Crook to the Crook's Handle.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) rev. 3-4

Genre: star list
Provenance: Uruk
Date: ca. 200 BCE

Thureau-Dangin 1913, 'Distances entres étoiles fixes d'après une tablette de l'époque Séleucides', RA 10, 215-225 219

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Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.GAM3 (Lemma #694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.GAM3 (Lemma #694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.GAM3 (Lemma #694). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2025) mul.GAM3 (Lemma #694), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac694,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {mul.{GAM3} ({Lemma} #694)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/694/},
}