MUL.APIN 4

The Heliacal Risings
of 34 Stars by Month
 

MUL.APIN
Tablet Nr. 86378
British Museum

MUL.APIN
The Heliacal Risings
of 34 Stars by Month
(Column II, Lines 36 through 47,
Column III, Lines 1 through 12)
 

36. On the 1st of Nisannu the agrarian worker
LU.CHUN.GA is visible.

37. On the 20th of Nisannu the crooked staff GAM is visible.

38. On the 1st of Ajjaru the star cluster MUL.MUL is visible.

39. On the 20th of Ajjaru the (wooden-) tablet
GISH.Le is visible

40. On the 10th of Simanu the loyal shepherd of heaven
SIPA.ZI.AN.NA and the great twins
MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL are visible.

41. On the 5th of Du'uzu the small twins
MASH.TAB.BA.TUR.TUR and the Crayfish
AL.LUL are visible.

42./43. On the 15th of Du'uzu the lance KAK.SI.SA,
the snake MUSH and the lion UR.GU.LA are visible.

44. On the 5th of Abu the bow BAN
and star of kings LUGAL are visible.

45. On the 10th of Ululu the star of Eridu NUN.KI
and the raven
UGA.MUSHEN are visible.

47. On the 25th of Ululu the seed-furrow
AB.SIN is visible.

Column III
1./2. On the 15th of Tashritu the scales (zibanitum),
the wolf UR.IDIM, the wild boar
EN.TE.NA.BAR.CHUM
and the sitting dog UR.KU are visible.

3. On the 5th of Arachsamma the scorpion
GIR.TAB is visible.

4. On the 15th of Arachsamma the goat UZ
and GAB.GIR.TAB are visible.

5./6. On the 15th of Kislimu the Leopard
UD.KA.DUCH.A
the eagle TI8.MUSHEN
and the fire-arrow-Sagittarius
PA.BIL.SAG are visible.

7./8./9. On the 15th of Tebetu
the swallow SIM.MACH
(added later:  shinunutum, IM.SHESH in the East)
is visible
(added later: and the lance KAK.SI.SA
is visible in the evening).

AK: The later added phrases to the MUL.APIN series
are not found on the original tablets
but on copies of such tablets,
proving such tablets WERE copied
from more ancient sources.

10. On the 5th of Shabatu the Great GU.LA,
the Great Square ((ASH).IKU)
and the stag (LU.LIM) are visible.

11. On the 25th of Shabatu Anunitum is visible.

12. On the 15th of Addaru the fish (KU6)
and the old one (SHU.GI) are visible.

46. On the 15th of Ululu SHU.PA d. Enlil is visible.

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Heliacal Node Stars (Rising and Setting)

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