Zappu

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

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Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025), with the Pleiades as "Bristle".

^{mul / d}Zappu (𒀯𒈽𒀖𒁍) 'the bristle,' is the standard Akkadian name for the Pleiades. In this case the Pleiades being the mane of Taurus, the Bull.

Concordance, Etymology, History

"Stubble (Mane)," an Akkadian parallel to MUL.MUL "Star Cluster" in lexical texts;

= Pleiades,

see (Kurtik m35) MUL.MUL, the Sumerian name.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, z03)	Gössmann (1950)
«Щетина (Грива)», аккадская параллель к MUL.MUL «Звезды»  в лексических текстах; = Плеяды (Pleiades), см. m35MUL.MUL.	Example

References

• Kurtik's references