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[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png|thumb|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]]
[[File:Leo+vir umzeichng4plani black.png|thumb|Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).]]
<sup>(d)</sup>''Niraḫ'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
<sup>(d)</sup>''Niraḫ'' (𒀭𒉌𒊏𒄷) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.


==Dictionary==
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===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
A serpentine deity identified with <sup>mul d</sup>muš in a late copy of Urra XXII; see m43[[MUŠ|<sup>d</sup>MUŠ]].
A serpentine deity identified with <sup>mul d</sup>muš in a late copy of Urra XXII; see (Kurtik m43) [[MUŠ|<sup>d</sup>MUŠ]].
===Historical Dictionaries===
===Historical Dictionaries===
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Latest revision as of 09:37, 8 June 2025

Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).

(d)Niraḫ (𒀭𒉌𒊏𒄷) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Dictionary

Krebernik (2023)

The snake god. The reading of the star name is confirmed by SpTU III nr. 114 iv 111 (Hh XII): MUL dMUŠ = Ni-ra-ḫu. MUL dMUŠ (AN 13l).

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

A serpentine deity identified with mul dmuš in a late copy of Urra XXII; see (Kurtik m43) dMUŠ.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, n44) Gössmann (1950)
змеевидное божество, отождествляемое с mul dmuš в поздней копии Urra XXII; см. m43dMUŠ. Example

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