UR.A
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an ancient Mesopotamian constellation.
Brief Etymology
= nēšu "Lion," abbreviation of mulUR.GU.LA in astronomical and astrological texts of the first millennium BCE. [AHw, 425a, 783a; CAD N/2, 197; G. 160; Weidner 1963, 118, note 45],
see
(u20) UR.GU.LA, and also
(a01) A,
(u16) UR,
(u22) UR.MAḪ.
Dictionaries of Mesopotamian Astral Science
Kurtik, Horowitz, Hoffmann
| Sources
Kurtik & Horowitz |
Identifications
Hoffmann |
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Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik
(2022) |
Gössmann
(1950) |
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