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Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, David Hilder, Susanne M Hoffmann, Wayne Horowitz, Jan Safford, Euin Choung Kim

^mulSI₄ (𒀯𒋜) is an abbreviation for the normal star ^dLI₉.SI₄.

~~= pelû "Red"(?); ??sa5 = red, not si4~~
abbreviation of (Kurtik L9) ^{mul / d}LI₉.SI₄ "Lisi,"
= star, the red giant Antares (α Scorpii); the abbreviation has an astronomical meaning [Gössman 1950^[2], 347].


Sources	Identifications
"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts." ^mulSI₄ — the name of one of the "normal stars" [AD I-III^[3], passim], first in the diary for -567. [AD I^[3], no.-567 obv. 16] (see Kurtik m39 MUL₂.ŠID.MEŠ, no. 29).
Late Babylonian catalog BM 46083. S[I₄ ...] "Li[si]." [Roughton-Steele-Walker 2004^[4], 563-564:7′]. See also SI₄ in the list of "normal stars" in [ibid.^[4], 551, Section 8: rev. iv 12′].

Kurtik (2022, s17)	Gössmann (1950)
= pelû «Красный»(?); сокращение от ^{mul / d}LI₉.SI₄ «Лиси», = звезда, красный гигант Антарес (α Scorpii); cокращение имеет астрономический смысл [Gössman 1950, 347]. I. Источники. «Дневники наблюдений». ^mulSI₄ — название одной из «нормальных звезд» [AD I–III, passim], впервые в дневнике за -567 г. [AD I, No.-567 obv. 16] (см. m39MUL₂.ŠID.MEŠ, № 29). Поздневавилонский каталог BM 46083. S[I₄ …] «Ли[си]» [Roughton–Steele–Walker 2004, 563–564:7′]. См. также SI4 в списке «нормальных звезд» в [ibid., 551, Section 8: rev. iv 12′].	Example

↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sachs A., Hunger H. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C.; Vol. II: from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C.; Vol. III: Diaries from 164 B.C. to 75 B.C. Vienna, 1988, 1989, 1991.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Roughton N.A., Steele J.M., Walker C.B.F. A Late Babylonian Normal and Ziqpu Star Text // AHES 58 (2004) 537-572.

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 ==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
-* = ''pelû'' "Red"(?);
+* <s>= ''pelû'' "Red"(?);  ??sa5 = red, not si4</s>
 * abbreviation of (Kurtik L9) [[LI9.SI4|<sup>mul / d</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub>]] "Lisi,"
 * = star, the red giant Antares (α Scorpii); the abbreviation has an astronomical meaning [Gössman 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 347].