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Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

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Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	not mentioned; the area has been named "Claws of the Scorpion".		not mentioned; the area has been named "Claws of the [[Scorpius\|Scorpion]]".

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

Sushoff: /* Stars Mentioned */

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Stars Mentioned

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+		The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book.
	!		{\|class="wikitable"
	!~~Greek~~		\|+ Hipparchus's star in Aquarius (Glover 2026)
	!~~German~~
	!~~English~~		!hipp.Cat.ID
	!ident.		!constStarID
	!~~src~~		!starName
	!		!ident.Bayer
	!~~lam_culm~~		!ident.HIP
			!concordance
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|378
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α Lib (α2)
	\|		\|72622
	\|Lib ~~II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|379
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β Lib
	\|		\|74785
	\|Lib ~~II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|380
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ Lib
	\|		\|76333
	\|Lib ~~II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~setting CrB, south, last~~
	\|~~Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|381
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ Lib
	\|		\|73473
	\|Lib ~~II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~setting Aql, south, first~~
	\|~~Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|382
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ι Lib
	\|		\|74392
	\|Lib ~~III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|383
			\|6
			\|
			\|σ Lib
			\|73714
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-08-04T17:57:50Z

Egyptian

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	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Lib DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Libra; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Lib DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Libra; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			File:Lib DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Libra, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-08-04T11:38:39Z

Egyptian

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	===== Egyptian =====		===== Egyptian =====
			In Ptolemaic times (1st century BCE), when Egypt was ruled by the Romans, new Egyptian temples were built in Esna and Dendera (south and north of Thebes/ Luxor). They display a cultural mixture of Babylonian and Egyptian constellations.
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Lib DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Libra; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Lib DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Libra; rectangular zodiac of Dendera

Sushoff: /* Greco-Roman */

2026-08-04T11:18:11Z

Greco-Roman

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	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====

			===== Egyptian =====
			<gallery>
			File:Lib DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Libra; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			</gallery>

	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====
			not mentioned; the area has been named "Claws of the Scorpion".

	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			not mentioned; the area has been named "Claws of the Scorpion".

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====
			the area has been named "Claws of the Scorpion", but considered as a constellation separate from the rest of the Scorpion in Scorpius.

	====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======		====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======

Sushoff at 08:12, 29 July 2026

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 [[File:Libra (lib).tiff|alt=star chart|thumb|Lib star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
 One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. The constellation Libra is Babylonian—like all constellations of the zodiac. What is special about this constellation is that it was initially lost in Greek times and returned in Roman times. The fact that Libra is the only instrument in the zodiac today is rather coincidental: we could just as well count the sextant in the zodiac in addition to [[Orion]]'s club, because stars in this constellation are sometimes covered by the moon, and then we would have another inanimate object. So it is rather coincidental that Libra ended up in the zodiac and other instruments did not.

IanRidpath: Superscripts, added link

2026-07-22T16:06:55Z

Superscripts, added link

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	\|-		\|-
	\|5		\|5
	\|ι 1 Librae		\|ι<sup>1</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 74392		\|HIP 74392
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|-		\|-
	\|10		\|10
	\|ξ 2 Librae		\|ξ<sup>2</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 73133		\|HIP 73133
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|11		\|11
	\|ζ 4 Librae		\|ζ<sup>4</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 76126		\|HIP 76126
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|12		\|12
	\|ζ 1 Librae		\|ζ<sup>1</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 75730		\|HIP 75730
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|14		\|14
	\|ξ 1 Librae		\|ξ<sup>1</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 72934		\|HIP 72934
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|15		\|15
	\|ζ 3 Librae		\|ζ<sup>3</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 75944		\|HIP 75944
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|17		\|17
	\|ι 2 Librae		\|ι<sup>2</sup> Librae
	\|HIP 74493		\|HIP 74493
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017065 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Libra]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017065 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Libra]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' – [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/libra.html Libra]

	==References==		==References==

Sushoff at 06:48, 6 June 2026

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	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
			[[File:Lib seal Wallenfels1993.png\|thumb\|Libra on a Mesopotamian seal print in Wallenfels (1993)]]
	The balance is attested in MUL.APIN and many other sources conitnuously throughout the first millennium BCE.		The balance is attested in MUL.APIN and many other sources conitnuously throughout the first millennium BCE.

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Lib seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Libra on a Mesopotamian seal print in Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Lib1+2 Huntington212 asSufi1170.JPG\|Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, [https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fba70a3f-2cf2-40cd-8d43-017b3eaed5c3/surfaces/d4170798-5328-447d-943e-008deb38a788/ Bodleian Libraries], University of Oxford,		File:Lib1+2 Huntington212 asSufi1170.JPG\|Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, [https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fba70a3f-2cf2-40cd-8d43-017b3eaed5c3/surfaces/d4170798-5328-447d-943e-008deb38a788/ Bodleian Libraries], University of Oxford,
	File:Libra Uranometria.jpg\|Libra in Bayer (1603).		File:Libra Uranometria.jpg\|Libra in Bayer (1603).

YoulaAzkarrula: /* Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation */

2026-06-04T05:55:13Z

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Lib1+2 Huntington212 asSufi1170.JPG\|Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, [https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fba70a3f-2cf2-40cd-8d43-017b3eaed5c3/surfaces/d4170798-5328-447d-943e-008deb38a788/ Bodleian Libraries], University of Oxford,		File:Lib1+2 Huntington212 asSufi1170.JPG\|Libra (two versions) in as-Sufi, Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābitah, Mosul 1170, [https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fba70a3f-2cf2-40cd-8d43-017b3eaed5c3/surfaces/d4170798-5328-447d-943e-008deb38a788/ Bodleian Libraries], University of Oxford,
	File:Libra Uranometria.jpg\|Libra in Bayer (1603).		File:Libra Uranometria.jpg\|Libra in Bayer (1603).
	File:1776 - John Flamsteed - La Balance, et Le Scorpion (Libra & Scorpio).jpg\|Libra in Flamsteed (1776)		File:1776 - John Flamsteed - La Balance, et Le Scorpion (Libra & Scorpio).jpg\|Libra in Flamsteed (1776)
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	File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Scorpio and Libra.jpg\|Libra in Jamieson (1822)		File:1822 - Alexander Jamieson - Scorpio and Libra.jpg\|Libra in Jamieson (1822)
	File:Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India.jpg\|Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India		File:Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India.jpg\|Libra zodiac sign, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
			File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-046.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Libra
			File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-047.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Libra
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Sushoff at 10:31, 2 June 2026

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	*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]		*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]

	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Asian]][[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Asterism]]		[[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Asterism]]
	[[Category:Almagest]]		[[Category:Almagest]]
	~~[[Category:Mesopotamian]]~~		[[Category:Modern]][[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	~~[[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]]~~
	[[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	[[Category:European]]		[[Category:European]]
	[[Category:Zodiac]] [[Category:Lib]]		[[Category:Rubric]] [[Category:Lunar System]] [[Category:Zodiac]]
			[[Category:Lib]]