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YoulaAzkarrula at 06:18, 29 May 2026

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	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:Asterism]][[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]]
	[[Category:Cuneiform]] [[Category:Sumerian]] [[Category:Akkadian]]		[[Category:Cuneiform]] [[Category:Sumerian]] [[Category:Akkadian]]

	[[Category:Aql]]		[[Category:Aql]]
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JanSafford at 12:55, 23 April 2026

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	* (2) Dates of heliacal risings, see (Kurtik u06) [[UD.KA.DU8.A\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A]].		* (2) Dates of heliacal risings, see (Kurtik u06) [[UD.KA.DU8.A\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A]].
	* (3) Simultaneous daily risings and settings:		* (3) Simultaneous daily risings and settings:
	** a) <sup>mul</sup>KAK.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>MUŠ ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>UR.GU.LA KUR<sup>me</sup>-''nim-ma'' / <sup>mul</sup>GU.LA ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> "Arrow, Snake and Lion rise, and the ~~Giant~~ and Eagle set" (I iii 17-18),		** a) <sup>mul</sup>KAK.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>MUŠ ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>UR.GU.LA KUR<sup>me</sup>-''nim-ma'' / <sup>mul</sup>GU.LA ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> "The Arrow, the Snake, and the Lion rise, and the Great One and the Eagle set" (I iii 17-18),
	** b) <sup>mul</sup>UD. KA.DUḪ.A ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> KUR<sup>meš</sup>-''ma'' / <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.TUR.TUR ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> "The ~~Demon with the Gaping mouth~~ and the Eagle rise, and the Great Twins and ~~Little~~ Twins set" (I iii 29-30) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 33, 44-45, 48, 51].		** b) <sup>mul</sup>UD. KA.DUḪ.A ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> KUR<sup>meš</sup>-''ma'' / <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.TUR.TUR ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> "The Panther and the Eagle rise, and the Great Twins and the Small Twins set." (I iii 29-30) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 33, 44-45, 48, 51].
	\|The Eagle and The Corpse are listed together, and in one line (opened with DIŠ) with the asterism of the god Zababa. They are three separate asterisms, each one determined with "mul", but they appear to be considered a unit of sense here.		\|The Eagle and The Corpse are listed together, and in one line (opened with DIŠ) with the asterism of the god Zababa. They are three separate asterisms, each one determined with "mul", but they appear to be considered a unit of sense here.
	While the image of Zababa roughly matches the modern constellation Oph, The Corpse could be placed in Aql, in Del, or in between them and Oph.		While the image of Zababa roughly matches the modern constellation Oph, The Corpse could be placed in Aql, in Del, or in between them and Oph.

Sushoff at 11:21, 26 March 2026

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:TE<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>''Erû''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:TE<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>''Erû''}}
	~~66Authors~~: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M. and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy'', tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin, 171-191</ref>]]		[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M. and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy'', tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin, 171-191</ref>]]

WayneHorowitz at 21:28, 25 March 2026

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	* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels		* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels
	* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).		* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).
	* See previously Horowitz 2014: 220, Donbaz and Koch 1995: 66, 69.		* See previously Horowitz 2014: 220, Donbaz and Koch 1995: 64, 66, 69.
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WayneHorowitz at 21:23, 25 March 2026

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:TE<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>''Erû''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:TE<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>''Erû''}}
	~~Authors~~: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim		66Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M. and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy'', tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin, 171-191</ref>]]		[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M. and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy'', tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin, 171-191</ref>]]
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	* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels		* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels
	* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).		* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).
	* See previously Horowitz 2014: 220, Donbaz and Koch 1995: ~~???~~.		* See previously Horowitz 2014: 220, Donbaz and Koch 1995: 66, 69.
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WayneHorowitz at 21:16, 25 March 2026

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	* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels		* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels
	* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).		* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).
			* See previously Horowitz 2014: 220, Donbaz and Koch 1995: ???.
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WayneHorowitz: I redid the Astrolabes - please check the way I did it - this is a sort of template for what I think is needed.

2026-03-25T20:49:03Z

I redid the Astrolabes - please check the way I did it - this is a sort of template for what I think is needed.

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	* ~~Scheme~~ of intercalation: <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> like the star of Anu – star AN.TA.GUB.BA in the month of Addaru, see (Kurtik L04) [[Lammu]]''[[Lammu]]''.		* S<s>cheme of intercalation: <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> like the star of Anu – star AN.TA.GUB.BA in the month of Addaru, see (Kurtik L04) [[Lammu]]''[[Lammu]]''.</s>
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WayneHorowitz at 20:47, 25 March 2026

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	\|'''Lexical texts.'''		\|'''Lexical texts.'''
	* (1) A monolingual Sumerian list: <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [Emar VI/4<ref name=":1">''D. Arnaud''. Texte de la bibliothèque, transcriptions et traductions, 1987. (= Emar 6/4).</ref> 154: 117].		* (1) A monolingual Sumerian list: <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [Emar VI/4<ref name=":1">''D. Arnaud''. Texte de la bibliothèque, transcriptions et traductions, 1987. (= Emar 6/4).</ref> 154: 117].
	* (2) DC XXII ~~series~~: ~~a syllabic entry is found in the texts of the Urra XXII tradition~~		* (2) Urra XXII: 308: <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> = ''e-ru-u'' (Horowitz and Bloch 2015: 109)

	* <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> = ''e-ru-u'' [Emar VI/4<ref name=":1" /> 151:173],		* <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> = ''e-ru-u'' [Emar VI/4<ref name=":1" /> 151:173],

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	\|'''"Astrolabes."'''		\|'''Three Stars Each (Astrolabe Group) - need to decide on title for this???'''
	* ~~Astrolabe P. monthṬebetu~~, the stars of Enlil, 35 [Pinches<ref>''Pinches T.G.'' Review of R.Brown. Researches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians. Vol. 2. London, 1900 // JRAS. 1900. P. 571-577.</ref> 575].		Horowitz 2014: 248
	* Astrolabe B.		'''"Astrolabes"'''
	** ~~(1) Menology:~~ <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> <sup>d</sup>Za.b[a<sub>4</sub>.ba<sub>4</sub>]: <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>[mušen]</sup> "Šabaṭu month, Eagle, Zababa" (A iii 25, 30); for a parallel see. [Çağirgan<ref>''Çağirgan G''. Three More Duplicates to Astrolabe B // Belleten. 1985. Vol. XLVIII, № 191-192. Р. 399-416.</ref> 407:58], see also [BPO 2<ref name=":2" /> 82; Emelyanov 1999<ref>''Емельянов В.В''. Ниппурский календарь и ранняя история Зодиака. СПб: "Петербургское Востоковедение", 1999.</ref> 129].		* <s>thṬebetu, the stars of Enlil, 35 [Pinches<ref>''Pinches T.G.'' Review of R.Brown. Researches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians. Vol. 2. London, 1900 // JRAS. 1900. P. 571-577.</ref> 575].</s>
	** (2) ~~Lists~~ (~~12´3~~): mul ''ša ina igi-it'' <sup>mul</sup>[uz<sub>3</sub>] / gub-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>m[ušen]</sup> "The constellation that stands ahead of it (i.e., ahead of <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> "the Goat"), the Eagle" (B iii 17-18).		* Menology (Horowitz 2014: 91-95): Astrolabe B:
	** (3) ~~The~~ list (3´12): [<sup>iti</sup>ab] ... <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ''šu''[-''ut'' <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub>] "[The month of Ṭebetu:] the Eagle (rises in the path of) [Enlil] ()" (C iii 10); parallel: ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>ab <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ''e-ru''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] "In the month of Ṭebetu, the Eagle [rises]" [BPO 2<ref name=":2" />, XI 7].		** <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub> <sup>l</sup><sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> = ''e-ru-u'' <sup>d</sup>Za.b[a<sub>4</sub>.ba<sub>4</sub>]: <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>[mušen</sup> . . .<sup>]</sup> "Šabaṭu month, Eagle, Zababa" <s>(A iii 25, 30); for a parallel see. [Çağirgan<ref>''Çağirgan G''. Three More Duplicates to Astrolabe B // Belleten. 1985. Vol. XLVIII, № 191-192. Р. 399-416.</ref> 407:58], see also [BPO 2<ref name=":2" /> 82; Emelyanov 1999<ref>''Емельянов В.В''. Ниппурский календарь и ранняя история Зодиака. СПб: "Петербургское Востоковедение", 1999.</ref> 129].</s>
	** (4) ~~List~~ (~~sunrise~~-sunset=6m): sunrise is Tebetu, sunset is Duuzu [KAV<ref>''Schroeder O.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts. Leipzig, 1920.</ref> 218, C 31, 20], see (g27) [[GU.LA]].		** (2) Star-Catalogues (Horowitz 2014: 105, Enlil 8): Astrolabe B: mul ''ša ina igi-it'' <sup>mul</sup>[uz<sub>3</sub>] / gub-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>m[ušen]</sup> "The constellation that stands ahead of it (i.e., ahead of <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> "the Goat"), the Eagle" (B iii 17-18).
	* BM 82923. The month Ṭebetu, the stars of Enlil: <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> // 35 // UR.SAG <sup>d</sup>''I''<sub>2</sub>-''gi''<sub>3</sub>-''gi''<sub>3</sub> "Eagle // 35 // Hero among the Igigi". [Walker and Hunger<ref>''Walker C.B.F., Hunger H.'' Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.</ref> 30:30].		** (3) Month-Star list (Horowitz 2014: 195)
	* BM 34713. The month of Šabaṭu, the stars of Enlil [LBAT<ref>''A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier,'' Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.</ref>, 1499:11], see (Kurtik n49) [[NU.MUŠ.DA]].		** <s>(3´12): [<sup>iti</sup>ab] ... <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ''šu''[-''ut'' <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub>] "[The month of Ṭebetu:] the Eagle (rises in the path of) [Enlil] ()" (C iii 10); parallel: ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>ab <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> ''e-ru''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] "In the month of Ṭebetu, the Eagle [rises]" [BPO 2<ref name=":2" />, XI 7].</s>
	* The ~~stars~~ of Ea, Anu and Enlil.		** (4) Lists of Rising and Settings Stars (Sunrise in Tebetu, Month X), Sunset in Du'uzu (Month IV), Horowitz 2014: 160-166).
	** (a) List of the 12 stars of Anu: (no. 12) <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [CT<ref name=":5">''Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.''</ref> 33, 9 r. 13; Horowitz 1998<ref>''Horowitz W''. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake, 1998 (Mesopotamian Civilisation, 8).</ref> 176].		** <s>-sunset=6m): sunrise is Tebetu, sunset is Duuzu [KAV<ref>''Schroeder O.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts. Leipzig, 1920.</ref> 218, C 31, 20], see (g27) [[GU.LA]].</s>
	** (b) List of 12 stars of Enlil: (no. 10) <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [TCL 6<ref>Textes cunéiformes. Musée du Louvre, vol. 6, see. TU.</ref>, 13; Rochberg-Halton 1987b<ref>''Rochberg-Halton F.'' TCL 6 13: Mixed Traditions in Late Babylonian Astrology // ZA. 1987. Bd. 77. S. 207-228.</ref> 212].		* BM 82923. The month Ṭebetu, the stars of Enlil: <sup>mul</sup>te<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> = ''e-ru-u'' <sup>m</sup> // 35 // UR.SAG <sup>d</sup>''I''<sub>2</sub>-''gi''<sub>3</sub>-''gi''<sub>3</sub> "Eagle // 35 // Hero among the Igigi". [Horowitz 2014: 142-143, Walker and Hunger<ref>''Walker C.B.F., Hunger H.'' Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.</ref> 30:30].
			* <s>BM 34713. The month of Šabaṭu, the stars of Enlil [LBAT<ref>''A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier,'' Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.</ref>, 1499:11], see (Kurtik n49) [[NU.MUŠ.DA]]</s>.
			* CT 33 9, NV 10, and parallels
			* CT 33 9 rev. 13' (Anu 12), NV 10: 18: '''Janet add entry??''' (Fincke 2025: 67) LBAT 1502: 5, 16 (Fincke 2025: 70-71).
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			* The sta<s>rs of Ea, Anu and Enlil.</s>
			** <s>(a) List of the 12 stars of Anu: (no. 12) <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [CT<ref name=":5">''Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.''</ref> 33, 9 r. 13; Horowitz 1998<ref>''Horowitz W''. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake, 1998 (Mesopotamian Civilisation, 8).</ref> 176].</s>
			** <s>(b) List of 12 stars of Enlil: (no. 10) <sup>mul</sup>A<sub>2</sub><sup>mušen</sup> [TCL 6<ref>Textes cunéiformes. Musée du Louvre, vol. 6, see. TU.</ref>, 13; Rochberg-Halton 1987b<ref>''Rochberg-Halton F.'' TCL 6 13: Mixed Traditions in Late Babylonian Astrology // ZA. 1987. Bd. 77. S. 207-228.</ref> 212].</s>
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Sushoff at 16:08, 12 March 2026

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim		Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)]]		[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, J, Hoffmann, S.M. and Gullberg, S.R. (2022). Painting Babylonian: New Constellations in Stellarium, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy'', tredition Hamburg/ OpenScienceTechnology Berlin, 171-191</ref>]]
	<sup>mul</sup>TE<sub>8</sub> / TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒀉𒄷) are Sumerian names for The Eagle, referring to the constellation of [[Aquila]] (Latin), The Eagle. <sup>mul</sup>''Erû'' or <sup>mul</sup>''Arû'' is the Akkadian equivalent. Both the Sumerian and Akkadian terms may refer to a wider range of birds rather than just Eagles, perhaps even any large generic predator bird, for example, a vulture. This constellation is typically identified with the Greek and the modern constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.		<sup>mul</sup>TE<sub>8</sub> / TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒀉𒄷) are Sumerian names for The Eagle, referring to the constellation of [[Aquila]] (Latin), The Eagle. <sup>mul</sup>''Erû'' or <sup>mul</sup>''Arû'' is the Akkadian equivalent. Both the Sumerian and Akkadian terms may refer to a wider range of birds rather than just Eagles, perhaps even any large generic predator bird, for example, a vulture. This constellation is typically identified with the Greek and the modern constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==

WayneHorowitz at 09:32, 8 March 2026

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	[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)]]		[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>TE<sub>8</sub> / TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒀉𒄷) are Sumerian names for The Eagle, referring to the constellation of [[Aquila]] (Latin), The Eagle. <sup>mul</sup>''Erû'' or <sup>mul</sup>''Arû'' is the Akkadian equivalent. Both the Sumerian and Akkadian terms may refer to a wider range of birds rather than just Eagles, perhaps even any large generic predator bird, for example, a vulture. This constellation is typically identified with the Greek and the modern constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.		<sup>mul</sup>TE<sub>8</sub> / TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒀉𒄷) are Sumerian names for The Eagle, referring to the constellation of [[Aquila]] (Latin), The Eagle. <sup>mul</sup>''Erû'' or <sup>mul</sup>''Arû'' is the Akkadian equivalent. Both the Sumerian and Akkadian terms may refer to a wider range of birds rather than just Eagles, perhaps even any large generic predator bird, for example, a vulture. This constellation is typically identified with the Greek and the modern constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==
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	* <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>;		* <sup>mul</sup>ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>;
	* = ''erû, arû'' "Eagle", Akkadian parallel with <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> "Eagle"; a syllabic entry is found in the texts of the Urra XXII series.		* = ''erû, arû'' "Eagle", Akkadian parallel with <sup>mul</sup>TI<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup> "Eagle"; a syllabic entry is found in the texts of the Urra XXII series.
			The sign A<sub>2</sub> as a bird-name has ample evidence for readings both te<sub>8</sub> and ti<sub>8</sub> in Sumerian, translated into Akkadian with both opening a- and e- vowels.

	[Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 2; Borger 1978<ref>''Borger R''. Assyrish-babylonische Zeichenliste. Kevelaer: Butzon und Bercker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1978.</ref> 139, Nr. 334; Labat 137]; constellation within the modern Eagle (Aquila).		[Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 2; Borger 1978<ref>''Borger R''. Assyrish-babylonische Zeichenliste. Kevelaer: Butzon und Bercker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1978.</ref> 139, Nr. 334; Labat 137]; constellation within the modern Eagle (Aquila).