mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL
tūʾamū rabûtu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning Great-Twins-star
Literal translation Great-Twins-star
Variants
mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL tūʾamū rabûtu
mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL.LA tūʾamū rabûtu
mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA tūʾamū
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Great-Twins-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to α and β Geminorum.

DIŠ mul.⌈MAŠ.TAB.BA⌉.GAL.GAL d.Lugal-ir9-ra d.Mes-lam-ta-⌈e3-a⌉

‘¶ The Great Twins, Lugalirra and Meslamtaea.’

— VAT 9429 i 4

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

Twins star star: ziqpu star

α and β Geminorum

[...] 1 DANNA i-na KI.MIN 54 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA mul.KIŠIB-GAM₃ EN mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA

‘[...] 1 bēru on ditto (the ground), 18 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), | from the Crook's Handle to the Twins.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) rev. 5-6

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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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL (Lemma #695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL (Lemma #695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL (Lemma #695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL (Lemma #695), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac695,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{MA}Š.{TAB}.{BA}.{GAL}.{GAL} ({Lemma} #695)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/695/},
}