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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> (𒀯𒆛) = ''gamlu'', 'The Crook,' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism that corresponds to [[Capella]] with the eastern half of [[Auriga]]. The Uranology Text E (MLC 1884) places 'The Crook' in the right hand of a human bearded figure and speaks of a number of its component parts including its head which is in the shape of a ram's head, its handle, and its shaft. The remaining stars and star clusters of Auriga that are not part of 'The Crook' may be understood as groups of sheep standing in the background of the image. The asterism is also identified as Marduk's star (Jupiter or Mercury) in Kislimu (Month IX). The man who carries the Crook could be either [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], The Faithful Shepherd of Anu in [[Orion]] (Papke 1989) or [[ŠU.GI]], The Old Man in [[Perseus]] (Beaulieu et al. 2018, 64).		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> (𒀯𒆛) = ''gamlu'', 'The Crook,' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism that corresponds to [[Capella]] with the eastern half of [[Auriga]]. The Uranology Text E (MLC 1884) places 'The Crook' in the right hand of a human bearded figure and speaks of a number of its component parts including its head which is in the shape of a ram's head, its handle, and its shaft. The remaining stars and star clusters of Auriga that are not part of 'The Crook' may be understood as groups of sheep standing in the background of the image. The asterism is also identified as Marduk's star (Jupiter or Mercury) in Kislimu (Month IX). The man who carries the Crook could be either [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], The Faithful Shepherd of Anu in [[Orion]] (Papke 1989) or [[ŠU.GI]], The Old Man in [[Perseus]] (Beaulieu et al. 2018, 64).

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 <sup>mul / d</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> (𒀯𒆛) = ''gamlu'', 'The Crook,'  is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism that corresponds to [[Capella]] with the eastern half of [[Auriga]]. The Uranology Text E (MLC 1884) places 'The Crook' in the right hand of a human bearded figure and speaks of a number of its component parts including its head which is in the shape of a ram's head, its handle, and its shaft. The remaining stars and star clusters of Auriga that are not part of 'The Crook' may be understood as groups of sheep standing in the background of the image. The asterism is also identified as Marduk's star (Jupiter or Mercury) in Kislimu (Month IX). The man who carries the Crook could be either [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], The Faithful Shepherd of Anu in [[Orion]] (Papke 1989) or [[ŠU.GI]], The Old Man in [[Perseus]] (Beaulieu et al. 2018, 64).

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	* <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],		* <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],
	* 'The Crook' in [its ([[MAR.GID2.DA\|<sup>mul</sup>MAR.~~GÍD~~.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 37,41]		* 'The Crook' in [its ([[MAR.GID2.DA\|<sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 37,41]

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	* <sup>mul</sup>~~GÀM~~ = [''gam-lu''] [Bloch and Horowitz 2015<ref>Bloch, Y. and W. Horowitz (2015): “Urra = hubullu XXII: The Standard Recension,” , Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67: 71-125.</ref>, 107:291ʹ], Cavigneaux 1981<ref>''Cavigneaux A.'' Textes scolaires du temple de Nabû ša Harê. Texts from Babylon I. Baghdad, 1981.</ref>, 105: col. iii 14;],.		* <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> = [''gam-lu''] [Bloch and Horowitz 2015<ref>Bloch, Y. and W. Horowitz (2015): “Urra = hubullu XXII: The Standard Recension,” , Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67: 71-125.</ref>, 107:291ʹ], Cavigneaux 1981<ref>''Cavigneaux A.'' Textes scolaires du temple de Nabû ša Harê. Texts from Babylon I. Baghdad, 1981.</ref>, 105: col. iii 14;],.
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	* <sup>mul</sup>~~GÀM ''ina''~~ x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],		* <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],
	* 'The Crook' in [its ([[MAR.GID2.DA\|<sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 37,41]		* 'The Crook' in [its ([[MAR.GID2.DA\|<sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 37,41]

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	* r. 3'-13':		* r. 3'-13':
	** <sup>┌</sup>''şa''<sup>┐</sup>''-lam lu-bu-uš-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''la-b''[''i-iš''] ''ziq-nu za-qin-nu ku-ur-ku-ru šá-kin'' DIŠ-''en'' MUL ''ina ku-ur-ku-ru-šú'' GUB-''zu'' ''ina'' ŠU<sub>II</sub> 15-''šú'' ~~GÀM~~ ''na-ši'' [''i'']''na''<sup>?</sup> (erased?) ~~GÀM~~ DIŠ-''en'' <sup>mul</sup>~~GÀM~~ GUB-''zu'' SAG.DU ~~GÀM~~ SAG.DU UDU.NÍTA <sup>┌</sup>2 or 3<sup>┐</sup> MUL ''ina'' SAG.DU ~~GÀM~~ ''e-ṣir''.MEŠ [x M]UL ''ina rit-t''i ~~GÀM~~ GUB-''zu'', [M]UL SA<sub>4</sub> ''ina ur-šú'' GUB-''zu'' [x] x x-''šú''<sup>?</sup> <sup>d</sup>NE<sup>?</sup> .GI<sup>?</sup> ''na-áš-rap'' ''na-ši'' [ x x x ] x x ''ina''<sup>?</sup> ''na''<sup>?</sup> ''-áš''<sup>?</sup> -''rap e-ṣir''.MEŠ		** <sup>┌</sup>''şa''<sup>┐</sup>''-lam lu-bu-uš-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''la-b''[''i-iš''] ''ziq-nu za-qin-nu ku-ur-ku-ru šá-kin'' DIŠ-''en'' MUL ''ina ku-ur-ku-ru-šú'' GUB-''zu'' ''ina'' ŠU<sub>II</sub> 15-''šú'' ''na-ši'' [''i'']''na''<sup>?</sup> (erased?) GAM<sub>3</sub> DIŠ-''en'' <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> GUB-''zu'' SAG.DU GAM<sub>3</sub> SAG.DU UDU.NÍTA <sup>┌</sup>2 or 3<sup>┐</sup> MUL ''ina'' SAG.DU GAM<sub>3</sub> ''e-ṣir''.MEŠ [x M]UL ''ina rit-t''i GAM<sub>3</sub> GUB-''zu'', [M]UL SA<sub>4</sub> ''ina ur-šú'' GUB-''zu'' [x] x x-''šú''<sup>?</sup> <sup>d</sup>NE<sup>?</sup> .GI<sup>?</sup> ''na-áš-rap'' ''na-ši'' [ x x x ] x x ''ina''<sup>?</sup> ''na''<sup>?</sup> ''-áš''<sup>?</sup> -''rap e-ṣir''.MEŠ
	** [A hu]man-figure it is, dress[ed], bearded, set with a ''kurkurru''. 1 star stands in its ''kurkurru''. In its right hand it carries a crook. In the crook a (star called) 'The Crook' stands. The head of the crook is the head of a ram. 2(or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn. [x] stars in the handle of the crook stand. A bright [s]tar in its shaft stands. Its [x] fire, bearing a ''naṣrapu'' [ . . . ] in the ''naṣrapu'' are drawn. [Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 63-64]		** [A hu]man-figure it is, dress[ed], bearded, set with a ''kurkurru''. 1 star stands in its ''kurkurru''. In its right hand it carries a crook. In the crook a (star called) 'The Crook' stands. The head of the crook is the head of a ram. 2(or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn. [x] stars in the handle of the crook stand. A bright [s]tar in its shaft stands. Its [x] fire, bearing a ''naṣrapu'' [ . . . ] in the ''naṣrapu'' are drawn. [Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 63-64]
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	Horowitz 2014: 246		Horowitz 2014: 246
	Text Nv. 10. 37' [DIŠ] ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>NE <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> // <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.[AN.NA] // ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''U<sub>2</sub>-ge-e'' // <sup>mul</sup>AN.<sup>┌</sup>TA<sup>┐</sup>.GUB.[BA] / <sup>mul</sup>UR.GI<sub>7</sub> // <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.<sup>┌</sup>TUŠ<sup>┐</sup>.A.ME[Š] / <sup>┌</sup>''u'' <sup>mul┐</sup>''Pa-bil-sag'' // <sup>mul</sup>A[N. <sup>┌</sup>TA..ŠÚ<sup>┐</sup>.[UR.RA], In the Month of Ab 'The Crook,' 'The Faithful Shepherd [of Anu,'] and ''U<sub>2</sub>-ge-e'' is the AN.TA.GUB.BA-star; 'The Dog,' 'The Sitting God[s] and PA.BIL.SAG is the AN.[T]A.ŠU.[UR.RA]-star [Fincke 2025: 69, Horowitz 2014: 216-217, Donbaz and Koch 1995<ref name=":15" />, 64, 66]. See also BM 34790 = LBAT 1502 i 2', 71: 15'; BM 35161 = LBAT 1508: 8' [Fincke 2025: 70-72]
			* Text Nv. 10. 37'
			** [DIŠ] ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>NE <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> // <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.[AN.NA] // ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''U<sub>2</sub>-ge-e'' // <sup>mul</sup>AN.<sup>┌</sup>TA<sup>┐</sup>.GUB.[BA] / <sup>mul</sup>UR.GI<sub>7</sub> // <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.<sup>┌</sup>TUŠ<sup>┐</sup>.A.ME[Š] / <sup>┌</sup>''u'' <sup>mul┐</sup>''Pa-bil-sag'' // <sup>mul</sup>A[N. <sup>┌</sup>TA..ŠÚ<sup>┐</sup>.[UR.RA],
			** In the Month of Ab 'The Crook,' 'The Faithful Shepherd [of Anu,'] and ''U<sub>2</sub>-ge-e'' is the AN.TA.GUB.BA-star; 'The Dog,' 'The Sitting God[s] and PA.BIL.SAG is the AN.[T]A.ŠU.[UR.RA]-star [Fincke 2025: 69, Horowitz 2014: 216-217, Donbaz and Koch 1995<ref name=":15" />, 64, 66].
			* See also BM 34790 = LBAT 1502 i 2', 71: 15'; BM 35161 = LBAT 1508: 8' [Fincke 2025: 70-72]

	** <s>"In the month Abu: the Crook, the Faithful Shepherd [of Anu], / and AN.U<sub>2</sub>.GI.E — The upward stan[ding] Asterism. / The Hound, the Sitting Gods and Pabilsag— The up[ward]ly fla[ring] star" (Rev. 37-40) [Donbaz and Koch 1995<ref name=":15">''Donbaz V., Koch J.'' Ein Astrolab der dritten Generation: Nv. 10 // JCS 47, 63-83.</ref>, 64, 66].</s>		** <s>"In the month Abu: the Crook, the Faithful Shepherd [of Anu], / and AN.U<sub>2</sub>.GI.E — The upward stan[ding] Asterism. / The Hound, the Sitting Gods and Pabilsag— The up[ward]ly fla[ring] star" (Rev. 37-40) [Donbaz and Koch 1995<ref name=":15">''Donbaz V., Koch J.'' Ein Astrolab der dritten Generation: Nv. 10 // JCS 47, 63-83.</ref>, 64, 66].</s>

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	[[File:Crook stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Gamlu, The Crook, in Stellarium (CC BY J. Gullberg and S. Hoffmann).]]		[[File:Crook stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Gamlu, The Crook, in Stellarium (CC BY J. Gullberg and S. Hoffmann).]]
	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> (𒀯𒆛) = ''gamlu'', 'The Crook,' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism that corresponds to [[Capella]] with the eastern half of [[Auriga]]. The Uranology Text E (MLC 1884) places 'The Crook' ~~in the <s>hand of 'The Old Man' ([[Perseus]])</s>,~~ in the right hand of a human bearded figure and speaks of a number of its component parts including its head which is in the shape of a ram's head, its handle, and its shaft. The remaining stars and star clusters of Auriga that are not part of 'The Crook' may be understood as groups of sheep standing in the background of the image. The asterism is also identified as Marduk's star (Jupiter or Mercury) in Kislimu (Month IX). The man who carries the Crook could be either [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], The Faithful Shepherd of Anu in [[Orion]] (Papke 1989) or [[ŠU.GI]], The Old Man in [[Perseus]] (Beaulieu et al. 2018).		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> (𒀯𒆛) = ''gamlu'', 'The Crook,' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism that corresponds to [[Capella]] with the eastern half of [[Auriga]]. The Uranology Text E (MLC 1884) places 'The Crook' in the right hand of a human bearded figure and speaks of a number of its component parts including its head which is in the shape of a ram's head, its handle, and its shaft. The remaining stars and star clusters of Auriga that are not part of 'The Crook' may be understood as groups of sheep standing in the background of the image. The asterism is also identified as Marduk's star (Jupiter or Mercury) in Kislimu (Month IX). The man who carries the Crook could be either [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], The Faithful Shepherd of Anu in [[Orion]] (Papke 1989) or [[ŠU.GI]], The Old Man in [[Perseus]] (Beaulieu et al. 2018, 64).

	== 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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	\|'''Lists of ''ziqpu'' stars.'''		\|'''Lists of ''ziqpu'' stars.'''
	* (1) AO 6478:		* (1) AO 6478:
	** a) [2½ MA.NA KI.LA<sub>2</sub>] \| ½ DANNA ''i-n''[''a qaq-q'']''a-ri'' \| 27 ''lim'' DANNA ''ina'' AN-[''e''] / TA <sup>mul</sup>''na-aṣ-ra-pi'' \| EN <sup>mul</sup>[GAM<sub>3</sub>]		** a)
			*** [2½ MA.NA KI.LA<sub>2</sub>] \| ½ DANNA ''i-n''[''a qaq-q'']''a-ri'' \| 27 ''lim'' DANNA ''ina'' AN-[''e''] / TA <sup>mul</sup>''na-aṣ-ra-pi'' \| EN <sup>mul</sup>[GAM<sub>3</sub>]
	*** "[2½ mina weight], ½ ''bēru'' o[n the groun]d, 27000 miles in the sky / From Naṣrapu to the [Crook],"		*** "[2½ mina weight], ½ ''bēru'' o[n the groun]d, 27000 miles in the sky / From Naṣrapu to the [Crook],"
	** b) [1⅔ MA. NA MIN(=''šuqultu'')] \| 10 UŠ ''i-na'' KI.MIN(=''ina qaqqari'') \| 18 ''lim'' DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN(=''ina šamê'') \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> \| EN <sup>mul</sup>KIŠIB GAM<sub>3</sub>		** b)
			*** [1⅔ MA. NA MIN(=''šuqultu'')] \| 10 UŠ ''i-na'' KI.MIN(=''ina qaqqari'') \| 18 ''lim'' DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN(=''ina šamê'') \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> \| EN <sup>mul</sup>KIŠIB GAM<sub>3</sub>
	*** "[1⅔ mina weight], 10 UŠ on the ground, 18000 miles in the sky / From the Crook to the Handle on the Crook". [Thureau-Dangin 1913<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F.'' Distances entre étoiles fixes // RA. 1913. Vol 13. P.215-225.</ref>, 217:1-4; TU<ref name=":9">''Thureau-Dangin F''. Tablettes d’Uruk. Paris, 1922 (= TCL 6).</ref>, 21 r. 1-4; HBA<ref name=":8" />, 133; Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 228-229].		*** "[1⅔ mina weight], 10 UŠ on the ground, 18000 miles in the sky / From the Crook to the Handle on the Crook". [Thureau-Dangin 1913<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F.'' Distances entre étoiles fixes // RA. 1913. Vol 13. P.215-225.</ref>, 217:1-4; TU<ref name=":9">''Thureau-Dangin F''. Tablettes d’Uruk. Paris, 1922 (= TCL 6).</ref>, 21 r. 1-4; HBA<ref name=":8" />, 133; Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 228-229].
	* (2) VAT 16437: ½ DANNA ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>''gam-l''[''u''] "½ ''bēru'' to the Staff." [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 224-225:11].		* (2) VAT 16437:
	* (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> <sup>d</sup>BAD // 1 // 14 ''lim'' 4 ''me'' KUŠ<sub>3</sub> "Marduk's crook // 1 (star) // 14400 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 226-227:8].		** ½ DANNA ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>''gam-l''[''u'']
			** "½ ''bēru'' to the Staff." [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 224-225:11].
			* (3) VAT 16436:
			** <sup>múl</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> <sup>d</sup>BAD // 1 // 14 ''lim'' 4 ''me'' KUŠ<sub>3</sub>
			** "Marduk's crook // 1 (star) // 14400 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 226-227:8].
	* (4) BM 38369+:		* (4) BM 38369+:
	** a) TA <sup>m[u]l</sup>ŠU.GI EN <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> [...] "From the Old Man to the Staff [...]",		** a)
	** b) TA <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> EN <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL...[GAL...] "From the Staff to the Great Twi[ns]..." [Horowitz 1994a<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two New Ziqpu-Star Texts and Stellar Circles // JCS. 1994. Vol. 46. P. 89-98.</ref>, 91-92:8-9].		*** TA <sup>m[u]l</sup>ŠU.GI EN <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> [...]
	* (5) Sippar Planisphere: ½ DANNA ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>''gam-lu'' "½ ''bēru'' to the Crook. [Horowitz and al-Rawi 2001<ref name=":10">''Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H''. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.</ref>, 171-173:16]; for a parallel see BM 61677 [ibid.<ref name=":10" />, 180:8']. See also (Kurtik k21) [[KIŠIB]].		*** "From the Old Man to the Staff [...]",
			** b)
			*** TA <sup>mul</sup>GAM<sub>3</sub> EN <sup>mul</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL...[GAL...]
			*** "From the Staff to the Great Twi[ns]..." [Horowitz 1994a<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two New Ziqpu-Star Texts and Stellar Circles // JCS. 1994. Vol. 46. P. 89-98.</ref>, 91-92:8-9].
			* (5) Sippar Planisphere:
			** ½ DANNA ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>''gam-lu''
			** "½ ''bēru'' to the Crook. [Horowitz and al-Rawi 2001<ref name=":10">''Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H''. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.</ref>, 171-173:16];
			** for a parallel see BM 61677 [ibid.<ref name=":10" />, 180:8']. See also (Kurtik k21) [[KIŠIB]].
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	* §U. <sup>mul</sup>gam<sub>3</sub> <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> zag šu.gi <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [x x 3 mul.meš] gu si.sa<sub>2</sub> dub<sub>2</sub>.ba 2 dal.ba.[an].na min [x x] "Staff (ζ, η Aur), the right foot of the Old Man (ρ Per), the left foot [x x] of Gemini (μ Gem): [...3 stars]. Straight, tight rope. 2 inter[va]ls, ditto [x x]." [Walker 1995, 34; ASM<ref name=":11">''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 107]; according to [Koch 1995<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Dalbanna-Sternenkatalog // WO. 1995. Bd. 26. S. 43-85.</ref>, 60, 77], <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [x] = <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [gal.gal] "Left leg of [Great] Twins" (μ Gem).		* §U.
	\|		** <sup>mul</sup>gam<sub>3</sub> <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> zag šu.gi <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [x x 3 mul.meš] gu si.sa<sub>2</sub> dub<sub>2</sub>.ba 2 dal.ba.[an].na min [x x]
			** "Staff (ζ, η Aur), the right foot of the Old Man (ρ Per), the left foot [x x] of Gemini (μ Gem): [...3 stars]. Straight, tight rope. 2 inter[va]ls, ditto [x x]." [Walker 1995, 34; ASM<ref name=":11">''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 107]; according to [Koch 1995<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Dalbanna-Sternenkatalog // WO. 1995. Bd. 26. S. 43-85.</ref>, 60, 77],
			** <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [x] = <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>3</sub> gub<sub>3</sub> ˹maš.tab.ba˺ [gal.gal] "Left leg of [Great] Twins" (μ Gem).
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	* <sup>mul</sup>GÀM ''ina'' x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],		* <sup>mul</sup>GÀM ''ina'' x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],
	* 'The Crook' in [its (<sup>mul</sup>[[MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, ~~63-64~~		* 'The Crook' in [its ([[MAR.GID2.DA\|<sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 37,41]

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	MLC 1866 iii 16: ~~<sup>mul</sup>GÀM ''ina'' x [x-''šu e-ṣir''], 'The Crook' in [its (<sup>mul</sup>[[MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 63-64~~		MLC 1866 iii 16:

	~~MLC 1884 r. 1'-13': r 1'-2' (traces only),~~ <sup>┌</sup>''şa''~~<sup>┐</sup>''-lam lu-bu~~-~~uš-tu~~''~~<sub>4</sub> ''la~~-~~b''[''i-iš~~''] ''~~ziq-nu za-qin-nu ku-ur-ku-ru šá-kin'' DIŠ-''en'' MUL ''ina ku-ur-ku-ru-šú'' GUB-''zu'' ''ina'' ŠU<sub>II</sub> 15-''šú'' GÀM ''na-ši''~~ [~~''i'']''na''<sup>?</sup>~~ (~~erased?) GÀM DIŠ-''en''~~ <sup>mul</sup>~~GÀM GUB-''zu'' SAG.DU GÀM SAG~~.~~DU UDU~~.~~NÍTA <sup>┌</sup>2 or 3<sup>┐</sup> MUL ''ina'' SAG.DU GÀM ''e-ṣir''.MEŠ [x M~~]UL ''~~ina rit-t''i GÀM GUB-''zu'', [M~~]~~UL SA<sub>4</sub> ''ina ur-šú'' GUB-''zu''~~ [~~x] x x-''šú''<sup>?</sup> <sup>d</sup>NE<sup>?</sup>~~ .~~GI<sup>?~~</~~sup~~> ~~''na-áš-rap'' ''na~~-~~ši'' [ x x x ] x x ''ina''<sup>?</sup> ''na''<sup>?</sup> ''-áš''<sup>?</sup> -''rap e-ṣir''.MEŠ~~		* <sup>mul</sup>GÀM ''ina'' x [x-''šu e-ṣir''],
			* 'The Crook' in [its (<sup>mul</sup>[[MAR.GÍD.DA]], 'The Wagon,' = The Big Dipper) is drawn] [ Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12" />, 63-64

	[A hu]man-figure it is, dress[ed], bearded, set with a ''kurkurru''. 1 star stands in its ''kurkurru''. In its right hand it carries a crook. In the crook a (star called) 'The Crook' stands. The head of the crook is the head of a ram. 2(or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn. [x] stars in the handle of the crook stand. A bright [s]tar in its shaft stands. Its [x] fire, bearing a ''naṣrapu'' [ . . . ] in the ''naṣrapu'' are drawn. [Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 37, 41]		MLC 1884

			* r 1'-2' (traces only),
	<s>r'1'–2' (~~traces only~~)</s>		* r. 3'-13':
	* <s>3' [A hu]man figure it is, dress[ed],~~</s>~~		** <sup>┌</sup>''şa''<sup>┐</sup>''-lam lu-bu-uš-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''la-b''[''i-iš''] ''ziq-nu za-qin-nu ku-ur-ku-ru šá-kin'' DIŠ-''en'' MUL ''ina ku-ur-ku-ru-šú'' GUB-''zu'' ''ina'' ŠU<sub>II</sub> 15-''šú'' GÀM ''na-ši'' [''i'']''na''<sup>?</sup> (erased?) GÀM DIŠ-''en'' <sup>mul</sup>GÀM GUB-''zu'' SAG.DU GÀM SAG.DU UDU.NÍTA <sup>┌</sup>2 or 3<sup>┐</sup> MUL ''ina'' SAG.DU GÀM ''e-ṣir''.MEŠ [x M]UL ''ina rit-t''i GÀM GUB-''zu'', [M]UL SA<sub>4</sub> ''ina ur-šú'' GUB-''zu'' [x] x x-''šú''<sup>?</sup> <sup>d</sup>NE<sup>?</sup> .GI<sup>?</sup> ''na-áš-rap'' ''na-ši'' [ x x x ] x x ''ina''<sup>?</sup> ''na''<sup>?</sup> ''-áš''<sup>?</sup> -''rap e-ṣir''.MEŠ
	* <s>4' bearded, set with a ''kurkurru''.~~</s>~~		** [A hu]man-figure it is, dress[ed], bearded, set with a ''kurkurru''. 1 star stands in its ''kurkurru''. In its right hand it carries a crook. In the crook a (star called) 'The Crook' stands. The head of the crook is the head of a ram. 2(or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn. [x] stars in the handle of the crook stand. A bright [s]tar in its shaft stands. Its [x] fire, bearing a ''naṣrapu'' [ . . . ] in the ''naṣrapu'' are drawn. [Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":12">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 63-64]
	* <s>5' 1 star stands in its ''kurkurru''.~~</s>~~
	* <s>6' In its right hand it carries a crook.~~</s>~~
	* <s>7' In the crook ~~stands~~ a (star called) ~~“The Crook”~~.~~</s>~~
	* <s>8' The head of the crook is the head of a ram.~~</s>~~
	* <s>9' 2(or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn.~~</s>~~
	* <s>10' [x] ~~star(s) stand~~ in the handle of the crook.~~</s>~~
	* <s>11' A bright [st]~~ar stands~~ in its shaft.~~</s>~~
	* <s>12' Its [x], fire, bearing a ~~Naṣrapu.</s>~~
	* <s>13' [. . .] in the ~~Naṣrapu~~ are drawn</s>.
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