MUL.MUL.LA

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MUL.MUL.LA (𒀯𒀯𒆷) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

= mulmullu(?) "arrow." [AHw[1], 671a; CAD[2] M/2, 190-191; Gössmann[3] 278]. Identity: mu-ulmul = mul-mul-lum in the lexical series Aa II/6 ii 37 [MSL XIV[4], 291]. The name occurs only in the astrological list of stars VR 46, 1:26. mul.mul.la gištukul ša2 šuII damar.utu "Arrow, weapon, which in the hands of Marduk," see also [HBA[5], 52; Wee 2016[6], 162-3]. According to Schaumberger, it is the constellation MUL.MUL "Star Cluster" (Pleiades) [3. Erg., 336].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m36) Gössmann (1950)
= mulmullu(?) «Стрела» [AHw, 671a; CAD M/2, 190–191; G. 278]. Тождество: mu-ulmul = mul-mul-lum в лексич. серии Aa II/6 ii 37 [MSL XIV, 291]. Название встречается только в астрологическом списке звезд VR 46, 1:26. mul.mul.la gištukul ša2 šuII damar.utu «Стрела, оружие в руках Мардука», см. также [HBA, 52; Wee 2016, 162–3]. Согласно Шаумбергеру, это созвездие MUL.MUL «Звезды» (Плеяды) [3. Erg., 336]. Example

References

  1. Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  2. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  3. Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  4. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XIV. Ea A = nâqu, Aa A = nâqu with their Forerunners and Related Texts. Ed. by M.Civil and W.G.Lambert. Roma, 1979.
  5. Weidner E. Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.
  6. Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.