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"Bull", a rarely used Akkadian parallel for <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA "Heavenly Bull"; = Hyades [CAD A/1, 364], Mesopotamian equivalent for modern [[Taurus]].

==Dictionary==
===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
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|          '''Lexical texts.''' 
Series Ḫg. B VI: 

* <sup>mul</sup>gu<sub>4</sub>.an.na = UZU.ME.ZE<sub>2</sub> ''li-e = la-ḫi-e al-pi'' 
* "Heavenly Bull = Jaw of the Bull = Jaw of the Bull. [MSL XI, 40:43].
|[[File:HeavenlyBull JessicaGullberg stellarium.jpg|alt=star chart|thumb|Heavenly Bull drawn by Jessica Gullberg for Stellarium (2021)]]
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===Additional===
==Historical Dictionaries==
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|= «Бык», редко используемая аккадская параллель для <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA «Небесный Бык»; = Гиады (Hyades) [CAD A/1, 364].
I. Источники.

Лексич. тексты. Серия Ḫg. B VI: <sup>mul</sup>gu<sub>4</sub>.an.na = UZU.ME.ZE<sub>2</sub> ''li-e = la-ḫi-e al-pi'' «Небесный Бык = Челюсть Быка = Челюсть Быка» [MSL XI, 40:43].
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==References==
*[[References (Babylonian)|Kurtik's references]]
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