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 [[File:TauAll+year.jpg|thumb|Mesopotamian terms in the sign of Taurus; the diagram shows that the terminology was changed around 300 BCE (Hoffmann and Hunger 2024)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Hunger, H. (2024). Terminology in Taurus, The Bull. ''Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires'', 4, 121</ref>.]]
 [[File:Fig9 stellarium Tau drawing cut gray 800dpi.jpeg|thumb|Taurus sign on VAT 7851, interpreted by Hoffmann (2025): MUL.MUL refers to the whole, and GIGIR and GU<sub>4</sub>.AN to the divisions.<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>]]
 <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾), The Heavenly Bull (or Bull of Heaven) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation in the area of [[Taurus]]. The abbreviation GU<sub>4</sub>.AN also refers to the first half of the zodiac sign of Taurus before 300 BCE (thereafter, the sign name is MUL.MUL).<ref>Steele, J. M. (2018), `The development of the Babylonian zodiac: Some preliminary observations', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(4), 97--105.</ref><ref name=":1" /> A number of other writings including the Sumerian homonymns '''<u>GU.AN.NA</u>''', GU<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA, and GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA are attested, among which GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA can also be read KA.AN.NA (Mouth of Heaven)<ref>Horowitz 2014, 34:26</ref>.

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	*'''(3)''' Intervals between the dates of heliacal risings: TA KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> MUL.MUL 20 UD<sup>meš</sup> ''ana'' KUR ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA / TA KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA 20 UD<sup>meš</sup> ''ana'' KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA "20 days from the rising of the Stars to the rising of the Heavenly Bull. 20 days from the rising of the Heavenly Bull to the rising of the Faithful Shepherd of Anu" (I iii 45-46).		*'''(3)''' Intervals between the dates of heliacal risings: TA KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> MUL.MUL 20 UD<sup>meš</sup> ''ana'' KUR ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA / TA KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA 20 UD<sup>meš</sup> ''ana'' KUR ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA "20 days from the rising of the Stars to the rising of the Heavenly Bull. 20 days from the rising of the Heavenly Bull to the rising of the Faithful Shepherd of Anu" (I iii 45-46).
	*'''(4)''' Stars "in the path of the moon": <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (I iv 33), see (Kurtik s20) ''[[Sîn]]''. [MA, 30, 48, 56, 68].		*'''(4)''' Stars "in the path of the moon": <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (I iv 33), see (Kurtik s20) ''[[Sîn]]''. [MA, 30, 48, 56, 68].
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	*'''<u><sup>[mul]</sup>''dil-bat ina'' <sup>mul</sup>GU.AN.NA GUB-''m''[''a'']</u>'''		*'''<u><sup>[mul]</sup>''dil-bat ina'' <sup>mul</sup>GU.AN.NA GUB-''m''[''a'']</u>'''
	*'''<u>"Venus stands in the Heavenly Bull" [SAA 8, 461:5].</u>'''		*'''<u>"Venus stands in the Heavenly Bull" [SAA 8, 461:5].</u>'''
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	*(Kurtik a12) [[AGA A-nim\|AGA <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'']], Crown of Anu (God of Heaven),		*(Kurtik a12) [[AGA A-nim\|AGA <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'']], Crown of Anu (God of Heaven),
	*(Kurtik i15) ''[[Is le10\|Is lê]],'' Jaw of the Bull,		*(Kurtik i15) ''[[Is le10\|Is lê]],'' Jaw of the Bull,
	*(Kurtik k03) [[KA.AN.NA]], Mouth of Heaven~~'''<u>~~, probably to be read as GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA~~</u>'''~~.		*(Kurtik k03) [[KA.AN.NA]], Mouth of Heaven, probably to be read as GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA.
	(Kurtik a25) AM.AN.NA, equalling Gössmann (19), was a misreading in the Great Star List (List of the Seven Enlils), now corrected to GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA [Fincke and Horowitz, forthcoming].		(Kurtik a25) AM.AN.NA, equalling Gössmann (19), was a misreading in the Great Star List (List of the Seven Enlils), now corrected to GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA [Fincke and Horowitz, forthcoming].

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	[[File:TauAll+year.jpg\|thumb\|Mesopotamian terms in the sign of Taurus; the diagram shows that the terminology was changed around 300 BCE (Hoffmann and Hunger 2024)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Hunger, H. (2024). Terminology in Taurus, The Bull. ''Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires'', 4, 121</ref>.]]		[[File:TauAll+year.jpg\|thumb\|Mesopotamian terms in the sign of Taurus; the diagram shows that the terminology was changed around 300 BCE (Hoffmann and Hunger 2024)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Hunger, H. (2024). Terminology in Taurus, The Bull. ''Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires'', 4, 121</ref>.]]
	[[File:Fig9 stellarium Tau drawing cut gray 800dpi.jpeg\|thumb\|Taurus sign on VAT 7851, interpreted by Hoffmann (2025): MUL.MUL refers to the whole, and GIGIR and GU<sub>4</sub>.AN to the divisions.<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>]]		[[File:Fig9 stellarium Tau drawing cut gray 800dpi.jpeg\|thumb\|Taurus sign on VAT 7851, interpreted by Hoffmann (2025): MUL.MUL refers to the whole, and GIGIR and GU<sub>4</sub>.AN to the divisions.<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>]]
	<sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾), The Heavenly Bull (or Bull of Heaven) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation in the area of [[Taurus]]. The abbreviation GU<sub>4</sub>.AN also refers to the first half of the zodiac sign of Taurus before 300 BCE (thereafter, the sign name is MUL.MUL).<ref>Steele, J. M. (2018), `The development of the Babylonian zodiac: Some preliminary observations', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(4), 97--105.</ref><ref name=":1" /> A number of other writings including the Sumerian homonymns '''<u>GU.AN.NA</u>''', GU<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA, and GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA are attested~~. '''~~<u>~~The most common Akkadian equivalent given for the Sumerian names are <sup>mul~~</~~sup> <sup~~>(d)<~~/sup~~>~~''Is lê''~~, ~~'The Jaw of the Bull' and ''agî <sup>d~~</~~sup~~>~~Anim'', 'The Crown of Anu,' but these may refer in many cases only to parts of the full Sumerian asterism~~.~~</u>'''~~		<sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾), The Heavenly Bull (or Bull of Heaven) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation in the area of [[Taurus]]. The abbreviation GU<sub>4</sub>.AN also refers to the first half of the zodiac sign of Taurus before 300 BCE (thereafter, the sign name is MUL.MUL).<ref>Steele, J. M. (2018), `The development of the Babylonian zodiac: Some preliminary observations', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(4), 97--105.</ref><ref name=":1" /> A number of other writings including the Sumerian homonymns '''<u>GU.AN.NA</u>''', GU<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA, and GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA are attested, among which GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA can also be read KA.AN.NA (Mouth of Heaven)<ref>Horowitz 2014, 34:26</ref>.

	<s>The ~~spelling variant GU~~<~~sub~~>3</~~sub~~>~~.AN.NA can also be read KA.AN.NA~~ (~~Mouth of Heaven~~)<~~ref~~>~~Horowitz 2014~~, ~~34:26~~</~~ref~~> ~~and~~, ~~thus~~, ~~invites~~ the ~~interpretation as a "Gate of Heaven" that can have a religious function~~.</s>		'''<u>The most common Akkadian equivalent given for the Sumerian names are <sup>mul</sup> <sup>(d)</sup>''Is lê'', 'The Jaw of the Bull' and ''agî <sup>d</sup>Anim'', 'The Crown of Anu,' but these may refer in many cases only to parts of the full Sumerian asterism.</u>'''

	==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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	[[File:TauAll+year.jpg\|thumb\|Mesopotamian terms in the sign of Taurus; the diagram shows that the terminology was changed around 300 BCE (Hoffmann and Hunger 2024)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Hunger, H. (2024). Terminology in Taurus, The Bull. ''Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires'', 4, 121</ref>.]]		[[File:TauAll+year.jpg\|thumb\|Mesopotamian terms in the sign of Taurus; the diagram shows that the terminology was changed around 300 BCE (Hoffmann and Hunger 2024)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Hunger, H. (2024). Terminology in Taurus, The Bull. ''Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires'', 4, 121</ref>.]]
	[[File:Fig9 stellarium Tau drawing cut gray 800dpi.jpeg\|thumb\|Taurus sign on VAT 7851, interpreted by Hoffmann (2025): MUL.MUL refers to the whole, and GIGIR and GU<sub>4</sub>.AN to the divisions.<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>]]		[[File:Fig9 stellarium Tau drawing cut gray 800dpi.jpeg\|thumb\|Taurus sign on VAT 7851, interpreted by Hoffmann (2025): MUL.MUL refers to the whole, and GIGIR and GU<sub>4</sub>.AN to the divisions.<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>]]
	<sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾), The Heavenly Bull (or Bull of Heaven) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation in the area of [[Taurus]]. The abbreviation GU<sub>4</sub>.AN also refers to the first half of the zodiac sign of Taurus before 300 BCE (thereafter, the sign name is MUL.MUL).<ref>Steele, J. M. (2018), `The development of the Babylonian zodiac: Some preliminary observations', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(4), 97--105.</ref><ref name=":1" /> A number of other writings including the Sumerian homonymns '''<u>GU.AN.NA</u>''', ~~GU2~~.AN.NA, and ~~GU3~~.AN.NA are attested. '''<u>The most common Akkadian equivalent given for the Sumerian names are <sup>mul</sup> <sup>(d)</sup>''Is lê'', 'The Jaw of the Bull' and ''agî <sup>d</sup>Anim'', 'The Crown of Anu,' but these may refer in many cases only to parts of the full Sumerian asterism.</u>'''		<sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄞𒀭𒈾), The Heavenly Bull (or Bull of Heaven) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation in the area of [[Taurus]]. The abbreviation GU<sub>4</sub>.AN also refers to the first half of the zodiac sign of Taurus before 300 BCE (thereafter, the sign name is MUL.MUL).<ref>Steele, J. M. (2018), `The development of the Babylonian zodiac: Some preliminary observations', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(4), 97--105.</ref><ref name=":1" /> A number of other writings including the Sumerian homonymns '''<u>GU.AN.NA</u>''', GU<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA, and GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA are attested. '''<u>The most common Akkadian equivalent given for the Sumerian names are <sup>mul</sup> <sup>(d)</sup>''Is lê'', 'The Jaw of the Bull' and ''agî <sup>d</sup>Anim'', 'The Crown of Anu,' but these may refer in many cases only to parts of the full Sumerian asterism.</u>'''

	<s>The spelling variant GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA can also be read KA.AN.NA (Mouth of Heaven)<ref>Horowitz 2014, 34:26</ref> and, thus, invites the interpretation as a "Gate of Heaven" that can have a religious function.</s>		<s>The spelling variant GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA can also be read KA.AN.NA (Mouth of Heaven)<ref>Horowitz 2014, 34:26</ref> and, thus, invites the interpretation as a "Gate of Heaven" that can have a religious function.</s>
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	*MUL ''šá'' EGIR.BI GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup> ''is le-e A-gi'' <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'', 'The star which stands after it is 'The Jaw of the Bull,' the Crown of Anu (VAT 9416 = KAV 218 II i 7-8 + dupl., Horowitz 2014: 103.		*MUL ''šá'' EGIR.BI GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup> ''is le-e A-gi'' <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'', 'The star which stands after it is 'The Jaw of the Bull,' the Crown of Anu (VAT 9416 = KAV 218 II i 7-8 + dupl., Horowitz 2014: 103.
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	*~~Month~~-Star ~~Lists~~ The ~~stars~~ of Ea, Anu ~~and Enlil~~.		*<sup>m'''<u>ul</u>'''</sup>'''<u>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA = ''is lê'', is not listed among the 36 month-stars, nor the rising and setting stars of the Three Star Each (Astrolabes) tradition</u>'''
	**a) The 12 stars of Anu (no. 5): [<sup>mul</sup>g]u<sub>4</sub>.an.na [CT 33, 9 r. 10; MCG, 176].		*
			*CT 33: 9 and Nv. 10
			*CT 33 9: 10 [<sup>mul</sup>G]U<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA (Anu 5), Horowitz 2014: 210.
			*In Nv. 10, <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA, 'The Faithful Shepherd of Heaven,' occurs in the Anu 5 position (see Horowitz 2014: 220).
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			*<s>Month-Star Lists: Horowitz 2014</s>
			**<s>a) The 12 stars of Anu (no. 5): [<sup>mul</sup>g]u<sub>4</sub>.an.na [CT 33, 9 r. 10; MCG, 176].</s>
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	====(~~g28~~) GU.AN.NA====		====(g'''<u>28) GU.AN.NA</u>'''====
	In the Neo-Assyrian report:		'''<u>In the Neo-Assyrian report:</u>'''

	*<sup>[mul]</sup>''dil-bat ina'' <sup>mul</sup>GU.AN.NA GUB-''m''[''a'']		*'''<u><sup>[mul]</sup>''dil-bat ina'' <sup>mul</sup>GU.AN.NA GUB-''m''[''a'']</u>'''
	*"Venus stands in the Heavenly Bull" [ARAK, 461:5].		*'''<u>"Venus stands in the Heavenly Bull" [ARAK, 461:5].</u>'''
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	====(a25) AM.AN.NA====		====('''<u>a25) AM.AN.NA</u>'''====
	= <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA "Heavenly Bull", A Wild Bull of Heaven. [G. 19].		'''<u>= <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>4</sub>.AN.NA "Heavenly Bull", A Wild Bull of Heaven. [G. 19].</u>'''

	Only in the text 82.9-18.7292 (7 of Enlil), where the Heavenly Bull is correlated with Enlil of Aratta, see (Kurtik e12) [[En-lil2\|<sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub>]].		'''<u>Only in the text 82.9-18.7292 (7 of Enlil), where the Heavenly Bull is correlated with Enlil of Aratta, see (Kurtik e12) [[En-lil2\|<sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub>]].</u>'''
	\|[[File:Hyaden+plejaden smh2025 isle.JPG\|thumb\|Hyades (photograph) and The Jaw of the Bull from a claytablet (CC BY SMH 2024).]]		\|[[File:Hyaden+plejaden smh2025 isle.JPG\|thumb\|Hyades (photograph) and The Jaw of the Bull from a claytablet (CC BY SMH 2024).]]
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	==== (k03) KA.AN.NA ====		==== ('''<u>k03) KA.AN.NA</u>''' ====
	Lit. "Heavenly Mouth"; the reading adopted in [G. 206] for the name of the constellation in the Astrolabe B menology (parallel to the Akkadian ''Is lê'' "Bull's Jaw"); an alternative reading and apparently the only correct one is <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA, cf. [Horowitz 2014, 34:26].		'''<u>Lit. "Heavenly Mouth"; the reading adopted in [G. 206] for the name of the constellation in the Astrolabe B menology (parallel to the Akkadian ''Is lê'' "Bull's Jaw"); an alternative reading and apparently the only correct one is <sup>mul</sup>GU<sub>3</sub>.AN.NA, cf. [Horowitz 2014, 34:26].</u>'''
	\|[[File:Hyadespleiadesmoon IMG 2665 b s.gif\|thumb\|Hyades, Pleiades and the Moon (photograph by SMH)]]		\|[[File:Hyadespleiadesmoon IMG 2665 b s.gif\|thumb\|Hyades, Pleiades and the Moon (photograph by SMH)]]
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