E-pa2-e

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

Visibility & Appearance

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).
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  Jupiter and Venus in comparison to the young lunar crescent (Providence 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