E-pa2-e

^mulE-pa₂-e is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Visibility & Appearance

Jupiter is a planet of our solar system and observable with the naked eye. It is the second brightest planet after Venus, but his light is more yellowish than hers and his motion is slower which is why he was considered more majestetic and regarded as "king planet" by many cultures.

Images of Jupiter

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  Jupiter in Leo, seen in the Austrian Alp Mountains (SMH 2016).

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  Close Conjunction of Jupiter (brighter) and Mars (reddish) under Orion (upper right), seen from Cape Town (SMH 2024)

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  Closest Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in 2024 (Cape Town, SMH).

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  Jupiter, Mars and Pleiades at Dawn (SMH 2024).

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  Jupiter, Mars, Pleiaden in a slightly cloudy morning twilight (SMH 2024).

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  Jupiter at Dusk, slightly cloudy, still visible (bright). (SMH 2025)

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  Jupiter in Taurus, north of the Hyades & east of the Pleiades (SMH, in early 2025).

Dictionary

Possibly from Šul-pa₂-e, Jupiter [BPO 2, 2-3; Lambert 1987a, 94-95].

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Sources	Identifications
A Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night. mulE-pa2-e [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:5; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43].||Example
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Additional

Earlier it read ^mule-ku-e and was identified with ^mulAŠ.GAN₂ = ikû "Field". [HBA, 60; Weidner 1957-59, 73], see for example [G. 117; AHw, 370; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022)	Gössmann (1950)
возможно, от Šul-pa2-e, Юпитер [BPO 2, 2–3; Lambert 1987a, 94–95]. I. Источники. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. mulE-pa2-e [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:5; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43]. Ранее читалось как mule-ku-e и отождествлялось с mulAŠ.GAN2 = ikû «Поле» [HBA, 60; Weidner 1957–59, 73], см., например, [G. 117; AHw, 370; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43].	Example
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References

• Kurtik's references