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Sushoff at 11:36, 5 July 2026

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Sushoff at 09:33, 5 July 2026

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	\| brighteststarname = Alcyone		\| brighteststarname = [[Alcyone]]
	\| starmagnitude = 2.87		\| starmagnitude = 2.87
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Sushoff at 09:32, 5 July 2026

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 [[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades|thumb|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]
 [[File:Fig7 taurueschen 800dpi.jpg|thumb|Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>, with the Pleiades as "Bristle".]]
 MUL.MUL (𒀯𒀯) = ''zappu'', 'The Pleiades'.  The Sumerian name is simply a plural of MUL, star, hence MUL.MUL is best to be understood as 'The Stars,' or more freely 'The Star Cluster,' in any case referring to the stars of the [[Pleiades]].  The Akkadian name is ''[[zappu]]'', 'The Bristle'.

Sushoff at 11:08, 2 June 2026

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	*[[References (Babylonian)\|Kurtik's references]]		*[[References (Babylonian)\|Kurtik's references]]

	[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:~~Constellation~~]]
	[[Category:~~West Asian~~]] [[Category:~~Asian~~]]		[[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:~~Eurasia~~]]		[[Category:Cuneiform]]
	[[Category:~~Cuneiform~~]] [[Category:~~Asterism~~]] [[Category:~~Constellation~~]]		[[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]][[Category:Star Cluster]]
			[[Category:Rubric]] [[Category:Lunar System]] [[Category:Zodiac]]
	[[Category:Tau]]		[[Category:Tau]]
	[[Category:Pleiades]] [[Category:Hyades]]		[[Category:Pleiades]] [[Category:Hyades]]

	[[Category:4workWayne]]		[[Category:4workWayne]]

YoulaAzkarrula at 08:39, 25 May 2026

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Sushoff at 05:43, 13 May 2026

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	(11) The Pleiades and the Wagon stand together; [DIŠ] MUL.MUL ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA UR.BI GUB.ME <sup>d</sup>''Dil-bat'' KI MUL.MUL SAR''-ma'' "[If] the Star Cluster and the Wagon stand together, (it means): Venus erupts in the Pleiades." [ACh Suppl.<ref name=":30" /> 2, 66:10].		(11) The Pleiades and the Wagon stand together; [DIŠ] MUL.MUL ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA UR.BI GUB.ME <sup>d</sup>''Dil-bat'' KI MUL.MUL SAR''-ma'' "[If] the Star Cluster and the Wagon stand together, (it means): Venus erupts in the Pleiades." [ACh Suppl.<ref name=":30" /> 2, 66:10].

	(12) The Pleiades and the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu; [DIŠ] MUL.MUL <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ''ina'' SAG-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ''ina'' IGI MUL.MUL GUB''-ma'' "[If] the Star Cluster (and) the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu stand at the beginning of them, (it means): Saturn stands before Pleiades." [ACh Suppl.<ref name=":30" /> 2, 66:9], the prediction suggests an identity: the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu = Saturn; DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ''ana'' MUL.MUL TE SU.KU<sub>2</sub> ''i-mad'' "If the ~~True~~ Shepherd of Anu (= Saturn?) approaches the Star Cluster: there will be constant(?) famine" [ACh Suppl. 2, 78 Col. ii 15]. See also (Kurtik s22) [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], VI 13.		(12) The Pleiades and the Faithful Shepherd of Anu; [DIŠ] MUL.MUL <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ''ina'' SAG-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ''ina'' IGI MUL.MUL GUB''-ma'' "[If] the Star Cluster (and) the Faithful Shepherd of Anu stand at the beginning of them, (it means): Saturn stands before Pleiades." [ACh Suppl.<ref name=":30" /> 2, 66:9], the prediction suggests an identity: the Faithful Shepherd of Anu = Saturn; DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ''ana'' MUL.MUL TE SU.KU<sub>2</sub> ''i-mad'' "If the Faithful Shepherd of Anu (= Saturn?) approaches the Star Cluster: there will be constant(?) famine" [ACh Suppl. 2, 78 Col. ii 15]. See also (Kurtik s22) [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], VI 13.

	(13) Jupiter and the Pleiades; see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 2-3.		(13) Jupiter and the Pleiades; see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 2-3.

Sushoff at 16:34, 23 April 2026

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WayneHorowitz at 06:56, 27 March 2026

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	[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]		[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]
	[[File:Fig7 taurueschen 800dpi.jpg\|thumb\|Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>, with the Pleiades as "Bristle".]]		[[File:Fig7 taurueschen 800dpi.jpg\|thumb\|Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>, with the Pleiades as "Bristle".]]
	MUL.MUL (𒀯𒀯) = ''zappu'', 'The Pleiades'. The Sumerian name is simply a plural of MUL, star, hence MUL.MUL is best to be understood as 'The Stars,' or more freely 'The Star Cluster,' in any case referring to the stars of the [[Pleiades]]. The Akkadian name is ''[[zappu]]'', 'The Bristle'.		MUL.MUL (𒀯𒀯) = ''zappu'', 'The Pleiades'. The Sumerian name is simply a plural of MUL, star, hence MUL.MUL is best to be understood as 'The Stars,' or more freely 'The Star Cluster,' in any case referring to the stars of the [[Pleiades]]. The Akkadian name is ''[[zappu]]'', 'The Bristle'.

			'''Add Uranology SHU.GI section includes reference to MUL.MUL''' -

	== 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> ==

Sushoff at 18:43, 26 March 2026

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:MUL.MUL}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:MUL.MUL}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]		[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]
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	MUL.MUL (𒀯𒀯) = ''zappu'', 'The Pleiades'. The Sumerian name is simply a plural of MUL, star, hence MUL.MUL is best to be understood as 'The Stars,' or more freely 'The Star Cluster,' in any case referring to the stars of the [[Pleiades]]. The Akkadian name is ''[[zappu]]'', 'The Bristle'.		MUL.MUL (𒀯𒀯) = ''zappu'', 'The Pleiades'. The Sumerian name is simply a plural of MUL, star, hence MUL.MUL is best to be understood as 'The Stars,' or more freely 'The Star Cluster,' in any case referring to the stars of the [[Pleiades]]. The Akkadian name is ''[[zappu]]'', 'The Bristle'.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History ==		== Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==
	~~===Krebernik~~ (~~2023~~)===
	MUL.MUL = ''zappu'' “bristles, mane” (= the Pleiades). The sumerogram means simply “(the) stars”.		MUL.MUL = ''zappu'' “bristles, mane” (= the Pleiades). The sumerogram means simply “(the) stars”.<ref>Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579</ref>

	~~===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim ===~~
	'''Var. readings:'''		'''Var. readings:'''
	*<sup>mul</sup>MUL; var. write name:		*<sup>mul</sup>MUL; var. write name:

Sushoff at 08:18, 17 January 2026

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	[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]		[[File:Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium star chart, Pleiades and Hyades\|thumb\|Pleiades and Hyades in Stellarium (date -300 but this view is independent of the historical epoch on human scales).]]
	[[File:Fig7 taurueschen 800dpi.jpg\|thumb\|Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>, with the Pleiades as "Bristle".]]		[[File:Fig7 taurueschen 800dpi.jpg\|thumb\|Taurus as drawn on a clay tablet (VAT 7851) from Seleucid time, new drawing published by Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2025). Image Analysis of VAT 7851, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 45-53</ref>, with the Pleiades as "Bristle".]]