mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A
?

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning The-Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star
Literal translation The-Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star
Variants
mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A ?
mul.KA.DUḪ.A ?
mul.UD.KA.DUḪ ?
Edited by
The-Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to Cygnus, Lacerta, and parts of Cassiopeia and Cepheus.

DIŠ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A d.U.GUR

‘¶ 'The Demon with the Gaping Mouth', Nergal.’

— BM 86378 i 28

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. 35

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #697), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac697,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{UD}.{KA}.{DU}Ḫ.{A} ({Lemma} #697)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/697/},
}