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= <sup>mul</sup>''Zibānītu''(''m'') "Libra"; the constellation and sign of the zodiac Libra (Libra) [  | 
  = <sup>mul</sup>''Zibānītu''(''m'') "Libra"; the constellation and sign of the zodiac Libra (Libra) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 176].  | 
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* (1) Urra XXII series: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na = ''zi-ba-ni-tum'' [Cavigneaux 1981 105:11; Bloch-Horowitz 2015, 107:286ʹ].   | 
  * (1) Urra XXII series: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na = ''zi-ba-ni-tum'' [Cavigneaux 1981<ref>''Cavigneaux A.'' Textes scolares du temple de Nabû ša Harê. Texts from Babylon I. Baghdad, 1981.</ref>, 105:11; Bloch-Horowitz 2015<ref>Bloch Y. and W. Horowitz (2015):  “Urra = hubullu XXII: The Standard Recension,” with Y. Bloch, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67: 71-125.</ref>, 107:286ʹ].   | 
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* (2) Series Ḫg. B VI: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na = ''zi-ba-ni-tum'' = min (= <sup>d</sup>sag.uš <sup>d</sup>utu) "Libra = Libra = Saturn, Shamash" [MSL XI, 40:41].   | 
  * (2) Series Ḫg. B VI: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na = ''zi-ba-ni-tum'' = min (= <sup>d</sup>sag.uš <sup>d</sup>utu) "Libra = Libra = Saturn, Shamash" [MSL XI<ref>''Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon''. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = ''hubullu.'' Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.</ref>, 40:41].   | 
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|'''MUL.APIN.'''  | 
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* List of the stars of Anu (no. 16): <sup>mul</sup>ZI.BA.AN.NA SI <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB "Libra, horn of Scorpius" (I ii 11) [MA, 33]; see also (Kurtik z10) ''[[Zibānītum]]''.   | 
  * List of the stars of Anu (no. 16): <sup>mul</sup>ZI.BA.AN.NA SI <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB "Libra, horn of Scorpius" (I ii 11) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 33]; see also (Kurtik z10) ''[[Zibānītum]]''.   | 
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See. [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 381].   | 
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|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia".'''  | 
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* 7 Celestial Twins: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:235].   | 
  * 7 Celestial Twins: <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian  Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:235].   | 
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* §a. [<sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.n]a igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>ab.sin<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>kun ug[a<sup>mušen</sup> 3 mul.meš x x x x 2 dal.b]a.an.na dal.ba.an.na <sup>mul</sup>zi.b[a.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> x x] "Front stars of the [Lib]ra(α Lib), the Furrow (α Vir), tail of the Cr[ow (Pi 140): 3 stars ...2 inter]vals, interval. [Front] (star) of the Li[bra ...]" [Walker 1995, 35; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108].   | 
  * §a. [<sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.n]a igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>ab.sin<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>kun ug[a<sup>mušen</sup> 3 mul.meš x x x x 2 dal.b]a.an.na dal.ba.an.na <sup>mul</sup>zi.b[a.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> x x] "Front stars of the [Lib]ra(α Lib), the Furrow (α Vir), tail of the Cr[ow (Pi 140): 3 stars ...2 inter]vals, interval. [Front] (star) of the Li[bra ...]" [Walker 1995, 35; Koch 1995<ref name=":0">''Koch J.'' Der Dalbanna-Sternenkatalog // WO. 1995. Bd. 26. S. 43-85.</ref>, 48, 61; ASM<ref name=":1">''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 108].   | 
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* §§ a, b, d, m, u, v. <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na "Libra," <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> "Front star of Libra," murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>''zi-ba-nit'' "Middle (part of) Libra"  [Walker 1995; Koch 1995; ASM, 108-110].   | 
  * §§ a, b, d, m, u, v. <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na "Libra," <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> "Front star of Libra," murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>''zi-ba-nit'' "Middle (part of) Libra"  [Walker 1995; Koch 1995<ref name=":0" />; ASM<ref name=":1" />, 108-110].   | 
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* §b. [<sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na egi]r-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>sag gir<sub>2</sub>.tab <sup>mul</sup>suḫuš um.me.da g[ir<sub>2</sub>.tab 3 mul].me[š x x x x] 2 dal.ba.an.na [min<sup>?</sup>] ˹''mal''<sub>2</sub>˺-''ma''-[''liš'']  "[Rea]r star [of Libra] (β Lib? ), head of Scorpius (δ Sco), vertical base (flexing muscle?) +Sco[rpio (μ1, μ2 Sco): 3 stars]. [...] 2 intervals, [ditto?] Evenlt div[ided]." [Walker 1995, 35-36; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108].   | 
  * §b. [<sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na egi]r-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>sag gir<sub>2</sub>.tab <sup>mul</sup>suḫuš um.me.da g[ir<sub>2</sub>.tab 3 mul].me[š x x x x] 2 dal.ba.an.na [min<sup>?</sup>] ˹''mal''<sub>2</sub>˺-''ma''-[''liš'']  "[Rea]r star [of Libra] (β Lib? ), head of Scorpius (δ Sco), vertical base (flexing muscle?) +Sco[rpio (μ1, μ2 Sco): 3 stars]. [...] 2 intervals, [ditto?] Evenlt div[ided]." [Walker 1995, 35-36; Koch 1995<ref name=":0" />, 48, 61; ASM<ref name=":1" />, 108].   | 
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* §d. [mul x x x x <sup>mul</sup>z]i.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>m[ul]</sup>si zag gir<sub>2</sub>.tab [3 mul.meš x x ''a-na ṣ'']''u-ub-bi''-˹''i''˺ [sa]g<sup>?</sup>.ki.ta gid<sub>2</sub>.da "[Star x x x x] (γ Lib), Frontal star of the [L]ibra (α Lib), right horn of Scorpius (σ Sco?): [3 stars x x x for] observations. The lower [wi]dth is long(?)" [Walker 1995, 36; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108]; according to [Koch 1995], [mul x x x x x x] = [murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>''zi-ba-nit''] "[Middle of Libra]" (γ Lib).   | 
  * §d. [mul x x x x <sup>mul</sup>z]i.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> <sup>m[ul]</sup>si zag gir<sub>2</sub>.tab [3 mul.meš x x ''a-na ṣ'']''u-ub-bi''-˹''i''˺ [sa]g<sup>?</sup>.ki.ta gid<sub>2</sub>.da "[Star x x x x] (γ Lib), Frontal star of the [L]ibra (α Lib), right horn of Scorpius (σ Sco?): [3 stars x x x for] observations. The lower [wi]dth is long(?)" [Walker 1995, 36; Koch 1995<ref name=":0" />, 48, 61; ASM<ref name=":1" />, 108]; according to [Koch 1995], [mul x x x x x x] = [murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>''zi-ba-nit''] "[Middle of Libra]" (γ Lib).   | 
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* §m. <sup>˹mul˺</sup>[zi.ba.an.na egir-''u''<sub>2</sub>] "[Hind of Libra]" (β Lib), see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3|UZ<sub>3</sub>]].   | 
  * §m. <sup>˹mul˺</sup>[zi.ba.an.na egir-''u''<sub>2</sub>] "[Hind of Libra]" (β Lib), see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3|UZ<sub>3</sub>]].   | 
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* §u, v. <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> "[The front (star) of Libra" (α Lib), see (Kurtik g32) [[GU4.ALIM|GU<sub>4</sub>.ALIM]].  | 
  * §u, v. <sup>mul</sup>zi.ba.an.na igi-''u''<sub>2</sub> "[The front (star) of Libra" (α Lib), see (Kurtik g32) [[GU4.ALIM|GU<sub>4</sub>.ALIM]].  | 
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mulZI.BA.AN.NA (𒀯𒍣𒁀𒀭𒈾) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
Concordance, Etymology, History
Krebernik (2023)
= zibānītu “scales”. mulZI.BA.AN.NA (AN 16–17r).
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
= mulZibānītu(m) "Libra"; the constellation and sign of the zodiac Libra (Libra) [Gössmann[1] 176].
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| "Letters."
 See. [LABS[6], 381].  | 
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"Great Star List and Miscellenia".
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Dalbanna-text.
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Additional
II. Astrology.
(1) Mars in Libra (observation); see (Kurtik ts02) Ṣalbatānu, III 41.
Historical Dictionaries
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| = mulZibānītu(m) «Весы»; созвездие и знак зодиака Весы (Libra) [G. 176].
 I. Источники. Лексич. тексты. (1) Серия Urra XXII: mulzi.ba.an.na = zi-ba-ni-tum [Cavigneaux 1981 105:11; Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 107:286ʹ]. (2) Серия Ḫg. B VI: mulzi.ba.an.na = zi-ba-ni-tum = min (= dsag.uš dutu) «Весы = Весы = Сатурн, Шамаш» [MSL XI, 40:41]. MUL.APIN. Список звезд Ану (№ 16): mulZI.BA.AN.NA SI mulGIR2.TAB «Весы, рог Скорпиона» (I ii 11) [MA, 33]; см. также z10Zibānītum. «Письма». См. [LABS, 381]. «Большой список звезд». 7 Небесных Близнецов: mulzi.ba.an.na [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:235]. Dalbanna-текст. §a. [mulzi.ba.an.n]a igi-u2 mulab.sin2 mulkun ug[amušen 3 mul.meš x x x x 2 dal.b]a.an.na dal.ba.an.na mulzi.b[a.an.na igi-u2 x x] «Передняя звезда [Весо]в (α Lib), Борозда (α Vir), хвост Воро[на (Pi 140): 3 звезды …2 интер]вала, интервал. [Передняя] (звезда) Ве[сов …]» [Walker 1995, 35; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108]. §§ a, b, d, m, u, v. mulzi.ba.an.na «Весы», mulzi.ba.an.na igi-u2 «Передняя звезда Весов», murub4 mulzi-ba-nit «Средняя (часть) Весов» [Walker 1995; Koch 1995; ASM, 108–110]. §b. [mulzi.ba.an.na egi]r-u2 mulsag gir2.tab mulsuḫuš um.me.da g[ir2.tab 3 mul].me[š x x x x] 2 dal.ba.an.na [min?] ˹mal2˺-ma-[liš] «[Задн]яя звезда [Весов] (β Lib?), голова Скорпиона (δ Sco), основание вертикали (выпрямляющей мышцы?) +Ско[рпиона (μ1, μ2 Sco): 3 звез]ды. […] 2 интервала, [ditto?]. Поров[ну].» [Walker 1995, 35–36; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108]. §d. [mul x x x x mulz]i.ba.an.na igi-u2 m[ul]si zag gir2.tab [3 mul.meš x x a-na ṣ]u-ub-bi-˹i˺ [sa]g?.ki.ta gid2.da «[Звезда x x x x] (γ Lib), Передняя звезда [В]есов (α Lib), правый рог Скорпиона (σ Sco?): [3 звезды x x для] наблюдения. Нижняя [ши]рина длинная(?)» [Walker 1995, 36; Koch 1995, 48, 61; ASM, 108]; согласно [Koch 1995], [mul x x x x] = [murub4 mulzi-ba-nit] «[Средняя часть Весов]» (γ Lib). §m. ˹mul˺[zi.ba.an.na egir-u2] «[Задняя часть Весов]» (β Lib), см. u31UZ3. §u, v. mulzi.ba.an.na igi-u2 «Передняя (звезда) Весов» (α Lib), см. g32GU4.ALIM. II. Астрология. (1) Марс в Весах (наблюдение); см. ts02Ṣalbatānu, III 41.  | 
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References
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
 - ↑ Cavigneaux A. Textes scolares du temple de Nabû ša Harê. Texts from Babylon I. Baghdad, 1981.
 - ↑ Bloch Y. and W. Horowitz (2015): “Urra = hubullu XXII: The Standard Recension,” with Y. Bloch, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67: 71-125.
 - ↑ Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = hubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.
 - ↑ Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY
 - ↑ Parpola S. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).
 - ↑ Koch-Westenholz U. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.
 - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Koch J. Der Dalbanna-Sternenkatalog // WO. 1995. Bd. 26. S. 43-85.
 - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Hunger H., Pingree D. Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.
 




