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

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UR.GU.LA drawing by Robert Perdok, LWL Planetarium Münster (2016), adapted to the star chart by Susanne M Hoffmann (2024)

^mulĒdu (𒀯𒂊𒁺) is the Akkadian for Sumerian ^mulDILI (𒀯𒀸), Sumerian dili being a writing for the number one, here as a numeral adjective, 'single, solitary, unique.'. It is used in reference to single stars in multi-star asterisms. For example, (Kurtik d07) DILI, (Kurtik d08) DILI ša₂ KUN-šu₂., 'the single star in its (UR.GU.LA's) tail' (GU-text, J).

Concordance, Etymology, History

The Akkadian equivalent to ^mul/múlDILI, "separate, single, (unique) star"; in the names of ziqpu stars VI, XXIV.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e07)	Gössmann (1950)
аккадская параллель к mul/múlDILI «Отдельная (единственная) звезда»; в названиях ziqpu-звезд VI, XXIV, см. d07DILI, d08DILI ša2 KUN-šu2 .	Example

References

• Kurtik's references