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''Kakkabu'' is the term for all sorts of asterisms in Akkadian. It can refer to constellations, parts of constellations, super-constellations, single star-asterisms / named stars. There is no better English translation than "asterism". |
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''Kakkabu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. |
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 19 April 2025
Kakkabu is the term for all sorts of asterisms in Akkadian. It can refer to constellations, parts of constellations, super-constellations, single star-asterisms / named stars. There is no better English translation than "asterism".
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
= MUL, MUL2, MUL4, MULx, UL "star, luminary"; the syllabic entry occurs in texts from a wide variety of genres besides lexical texts [AHw, 421b; CAD K, 45-49], see also (Kurtik a30) AN, (Kurtik m29) MUL, (Kurtik m37) MUL2, (Kurtik m40) MUL4, (Kurtik m41) MULx, (Kurtik u12) UL.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, K12) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| = MUL, MUL2, MUL4, MULx, UL «Звезда, светило»; силлабическая запись встречается в текстах самых разных категорий помимо лексических текстов [AHw, 421b; CAD K, 45–49], см. также a30AN, m29, m37, m40, m41, u12. | Example |
