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	A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the others constellations:		A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the others constellations:

	* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin ~~mul~~.~~mul~~ 17 ad ~~mul~~.[~~mul~~] / <sup>mul</sup>~~sipa~~.an.na 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>~~sipa~~.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>~~kak~~.~~tag~~.ga 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>~~kak~~.~~tag~~.ga / <sup>mul</sup>~~ban~~ 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>~~ban~~ <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa <sup>mul</sup>~~gir2~~.~~tab~~ / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>~~gir2~~.~~tab~~ <sup>mul</sup>an.ta. ~~gub~~ "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the Faithful Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the Faithful Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB" (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)		* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin MUL.MUL 17 ad MUL.[MUL] / <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.AN.NA 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.AN.NA / <sup>mul</sup>KAK.TAG.GA 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>KAK.TAG.GA / <sup>mul</sup>BAN 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>BAN <sup>mul</sup>ŠU.PA / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>ŠU.PA <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the Faithful Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the Faithful Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB" (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)

	This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245, as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.		This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245, as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.

YoulaAzkarrula at 02:25, 14 May 2026

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	[[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:Sumerian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:Sumerian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]][[Category:Eurasia]]
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HermannHunger at 19:41, 7 May 2026

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	Mesopotamian term: MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke (2025). The term appears one time as a star-name, this being the 7th and last star in 'The Hilprecht Text' (HSS ~~249~~, Horowitz 2014 ??). ~~In Horowitz ???~~		Mesopotamian term: MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke (2025). The term appears one time as a star-name, this being the 7th and last star in 'The Hilprecht Text' (HSS 245, Horowitz 2014, 224-238).

	Horowitz (20xx) suggests that <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??		Horowitz (20xx) suggests that <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??
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	A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the others constellations:		A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the others constellations:

	* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin mul.mul 17 ad mul.[mul] / <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga / <sup>mul</sup>ban 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>ban <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab <sup>mul</sup>an.ta. gub "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB", (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)		* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin mul.mul 17 ad mul.[mul] / <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga / <sup>mul</sup>ban 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>ban <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab <sup>mul</sup>an.ta. gub "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the Faithful Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the Faithful Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB" (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)

	This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245 as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.		This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245, as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.

	Horowitz 2017 suggested a different reading of the GUB-sign yielding a star-name, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>, with the sense of it moves up and down, referring to the up-down movement of the stinger of the scorpion as it moves its stinger from an at rest position to attack mode. Horowitz speculates that this may be the ultimate origin of the classical Greek star name Antares in Scorpius. Later parallels to the Hilprecht Text remove this star-name (Horowitz 2014: 236). In any case, there is no clear connection between the star-name and the groups of stars known as AN.GUB.BA = ''angubbû''- or [[DINGIR.GUB.BA]]-stars or AN.TA.GUB.BA in Nv 10.		Horowitz 2017 suggested a different reading of the GUB-sign yielding a star-name, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>, with the sense of it moves up and down, referring to the up-down movement of the stinger of the scorpion as it moves its stinger from an at rest position to attack mode. Horowitz speculates that this may be the ultimate origin of the classical Greek star name Antares in Scorpius. Later parallels to the Hilprecht Text remove this star-name (Horowitz 2014: 236). In any case, there is no clear connection between the star-name and the groups of stars known as AN.GUB.BA = ''angubbû''- or [[DINGIR.GUB.BA]]-stars or AN.TA.GUB.BA in Nv 10.

WayneHorowitz at 12:45, 7 May 2026

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	Mesopotamian term: MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke (2025)		Mesopotamian term: MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke (2025). The term appears one time as a star-name, this being the 7th and last star in 'The Hilprecht Text' (HSS 249, Horowitz 2014 ??). In Horowitz ???

	Horowitz (20xx) suggests that <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??		Horowitz (20xx) suggests that <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??

Sushoff at 12:42, 7 May 2026

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	Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??		Mesopotamian term: MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke (2025)

			Horowitz (20xx) suggests that <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34].		MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [formerly Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34] is now studied in detail in Fincke 2025.??
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WayneHorowitz at 09:35, 29 April 2026

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	Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius.		Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius. <nowiki>[[should we quote WH's references here]]</nowiki>??

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz-Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34].		MUL AN.TA.GUB.BA 'The standing star' or 'the star standing aloft' [Hunger and Pingree 1999 55; Donbaz and Koch 1995; Gössmann 1950 34].
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	A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the ~~others–constellations~~:		A Middle-Babylonian text from Nippur, probably a copy of the Old Babylonian original. Content-wise it is a procedural mathematical text in which the distances between eight luminaries are determined, of which the first is the moon, and the others constellations:

	* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin mul.mul 17 ad mul.[mul] / <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga / <sup>mul</sup>ban 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>ban <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab <sup>mul</sup>an.ta. gub "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the True Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the True Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB", (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)		* 19 ad <sup>d</sup>sin mul.mul 17 ad mul.[mul] / <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na 14 ad <sup>mul</sup>sipa.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga 11 ad <sup>mul</sup>kak.tag.ga / <sup>mul</sup>ban 9 ad <sup>mul</sup>ban <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa / 7 ad <sup>mul</sup>šu.pa <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab / 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>gir2.tab <sup>mul</sup>an.ta. gub "19 from the Moon to the Star Cluster, 17 from the Star Cluster / to the True Shepherd of Anu, 14 from the True Shepherd of Anu to / the Arrow, 11 from the Arrow / to the Bow, 9 from the Bow to šu.pa / 7 from ŠU.PA to the Scorpion, / 4 from Scorpion to AN.TA.GUB", (Horowitz 2014, 228-229, with previous bibliography 225-226.)

	This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245 as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB ~~mulAN~~.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.		This star-name occurs only one time in ‘The Hilprecht Text’, HS 245 as the 7th and last star in the sequence beginning with the Moon and mul.mul (Pleiades) (Horowitz 2014: 234-235): 4 ad <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.TAB <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB, ‘4 (units) from ‘The Scorpion’ to AN.TA.GUB. This is the smallest distance between asterisms in ‘The Hilprecht Text’ allowing for <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB to be an asterism within the ‘The Scorpion Constellation.’ The meaning of the signs AN.TA.GUB in Sumerian is something akin to ‘it stands above’ suggesting a connection with the stinger of a scorpion.

	Horowitz 2017 suggested a different reading of the GUB-sign yielding a star-name, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>, with the sense of it moves up nd down, referring to the up-down movement of the stinger of the scorpion as it moves its stinger from an at rest position to attack mode. Horowitz speculates that this may be the ultimate origin of the classical Greek star name Antares in Scorpius. Later parallels to the Hilprecht Text remove this star-name (Horowitz 2014: 236). In any case, there is no clear connection between the star-name and the groups of stars known as AN.GUB.BA = ''angubbû''- or [[DINGIR.GUB.BA]]-stars or AN.TA.GUB.BA in Nv 10.		Horowitz 2017 suggested a different reading of the GUB-sign yielding a star-name, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>, with the sense of it moves up and down, referring to the up-down movement of the stinger of the scorpion as it moves its stinger from an at rest position to attack mode. Horowitz speculates that this may be the ultimate origin of the classical Greek star name Antares in Scorpius. Later parallels to the Hilprecht Text remove this star-name (Horowitz 2014: 236). In any case, there is no clear connection between the star-name and the groups of stars known as AN.GUB.BA = ''angubbû''- or [[DINGIR.GUB.BA]]-stars or AN.TA.GUB.BA in Nv 10.
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	Neo-Assyrian text from Nineveh, which gives for each month the constellations belonging to the category AN.TA.GUB.BA and AN.TA.ŠU<sub>2</sub>.UR.RA [Donbaz-Koch 1995].		Neo-Assyrian text from Nineveh, which gives for each month the constellations belonging to the category AN.TA.GUB.BA and AN.TA.ŠU<sub>2</sub>.UR.RA [Donbaz and Koch 1995].
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	* AN.TA.GUB.BA and AN.TA.ŠUR.RA, to which the culminations of the ziqpu stars are assigned. The category AN.TA.GUB.BA in the preserved part of the tablet belongs to: [[DAR.LUGAL\|<sup>mul</sup>DAR.LUGAL]], <sup>mul</sup>~~nunki~~, <sup>mul</sup>~~nin~~.~~maḫ~~, <sup>d</sup>PA and <sup>d</sup>LUGAL, <sup>mul</sup>Pa-bil-sag, <sup>mul</sup>~~suḫur~~.~~maš~~ [Donbaz-Koch 1995, 75-77].		* AN.TA.GUB.BA and AN.TA.ŠUR.RA, to which the culminations of the ''ziqpu'' stars are assigned. The category AN.TA.GUB.BA in the preserved part of the tablet belongs to: [[DAR.LUGAL\|<sup>mul</sup>DAR.LUGAL]], <sup>mul</sup>NUN.KI, <sup>mul</sup>NIN.MAḪ, <sup>d</sup>PA and <sup>d</sup>LUGAL, <sup>mul</sup>Pa-bil-sag, <sup>mul</sup>SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> [Donbaz and Koch 1995, 75-77].
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	(1) The meaning of <sup>mul</sup>an.ta.gub in HS 245 remains unclear; the suggestion that it is a variant spelling of <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.GUB.BA.MEŠ (Akkadian ''angubbû'' [CAD A/2, 118; AHw 51]) ‘Standing Gods’ [Rochberg-Halton 1983, 213, note 18; Horowitz 1993, 157] is hardly true; see in this connection [Koch 1995, 71, Anm. 24-25].		(1) The meaning of <sup>mul</sup>an.ta.gub in HS 245 remains unclear; the suggestion that it is a variant spelling of <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.GUB.BA.MEŠ (Akkadian ''angubbû'' [CAD A/2, 118; AHw 51]) ‘Standing Gods’ [Rochberg-Halton 1983, 213, note 18; Horowitz 1993, 157] is hardly true; see in this connection [Koch 1995, 71, Anm. 24-25].

	(2) In the texts of Nv. 10 and LBAT 1502, according to Koch's interpretation, the term <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB.BA = ‘(der) oben stehende(r) Stern’ refers to the stars that marked the end of the night; they rose after sunset, were still visible in the west at morning dawn, and set after sunrise, in the corresponding month [Koch 1995, 71, 76]; see also [Hunger and Pingree 1999, 55-57].		(2) In the texts Nv. 10 and LBAT 1502, according to Koch's interpretation, the term <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB.BA = ‘(der) oben stehende(r) Stern’ refers to the stars that marked the end of the night; they rose after sunset, were still visible in the west at morning dawn, and set after sunrise, in the corresponding month [Koch 1995, 71, 76]; see also [Hunger and Pingree 1999, 55-57].

	===Historical Dictionaries===		===Historical Dictionaries===

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius.		Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius.

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius.		Mesopotamian term: <sup>mul</sup>AN.TA.GUB (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺; AN.TA.RE<sub>6</sub>) refers to an asterism in The Scorpion ([[Scorpius]], see also [[Antares\|Antares)]]. AN.TA.GUB.BA (𒀯𒀭𒋫𒁺𒁀) refers to an asterism or (larger) group of stars, whereas AN.TA.GUB refers to a single star or small asterism of two or three stars within Scorpius.