MUL2

MUL₂ (𒋼) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Var. reading: TE; = kakkabu "star, luminary". Determinative before names of celestial luminaries (star, constellation, planet) in later astronomical and astrological texts.

Sources	Identifications
Lexical texts. (1) Urra XXII series: TE = MIN(= kakkabu) [Cavigneaux 1979, 132:2, 133, W.23766:2]. (2) Series Ea VIII 74: mu-[ul][TE] = [kak-ka-bu] [MSL XIV, 478; CAD K, 46a]. (3) AN:dAnum series (III 116): dTE(mu.ul.la).la2 [Litke 1998, 130].
"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts." See. [AD I-III, passim]; first in a diary for -463 [AD I, no. -463:11'].
Lists of ziqpu stars. See. [Schaumberger 1952, VAT 16436; 1955].
Mathematical astronomy. See. [ACT I-III; LBAT, passim]; first in the lunar tablets of the late 5th century BCE. [Aaboe-Sachs 1969; Britton 1989, 30-31].
Horoscopes. See. [BH, 159].  See also [SpTU I-V, passim].

References

• Kurtik's references