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YoulaAzkarrula at 05:55, 8 June 2026

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	* MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.		* MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.

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YoulaAzkarrula at 04:15, 29 May 2026

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	* MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.		* MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}
			Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian (from [[ŠAR2.GAZ\|ŠAR<sub>2</sub>.GAZ]]). It is the name of HIP 86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.		Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian (from [[ŠAR2.GAZ\|ŠAR<sub>2</sub>.GAZ]]). It is the name of HIP 86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}

	Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian (from [[ŠAR2.GAZ\|ŠAR<sub>2</sub>.GAZ]]). It is the name of ~~HIP86228~~ (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.		Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian (from [[ŠAR2.GAZ\|ŠAR<sub>2</sub>.GAZ]]). It is the name of HIP 86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

	MUL.SHAR.GAZ, "mul" is the Sumerian designator for stars and constellations, "Shargaz" and "Sharur" are two weapons of Marduk (the city god of Babylon and highest god of the Babylonian pantheon after 1250 BCE). The line I ii 31-32 in MUL.APIN read: "Two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion: Sharur and Shargaz", so these star names have originally been given to the stars ~~lambda~~ and ~~upsilon~~ Sco. The Mesopotamian name "Sargas" was linked to the star Theta Sco by Robert Brown Jr. (1893; "Euphratean Stellar Researches Part II.") and its subsequent mention in R. H. Allen's (1899) "Star-names and Their Meanings" popularized its subsequent use.		MUL.SHAR.GAZ, "mul" is the Sumerian designator for stars and constellations, "Shargaz" and "Sharur" are two weapons of Marduk (the city god of Babylon and highest god of the Babylonian pantheon after 1250 BCE). The line I ii 31-32 in MUL.APIN read: "Two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion: Sharur and Shargaz", so these star names have originally been given to the stars Lambda and Upsilon Sco. The Mesopotamian name "Sargas" was linked to the star Theta Sco by Robert Brown Jr. (1893; "Euphratean Stellar Researches Part II.") and its subsequent mention in R. H. Allen's (1899) "Star-names and Their Meanings" popularized its subsequent use.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

Sushoff at 05:06, 21 May 2025

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}
	Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian. It is the name of HIP86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.
			Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian (from [[ŠAR2.GAZ\|ŠAR<sub>2</sub>.GAZ]]). It is the name of HIP86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sargas}}
Sargas is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Sumerian. It is the name of HIP86228 (θ Sco, HR 6553) in constellation Sco.

==Etymology and History==

MUL.SHAR.GAZ, "mul" is the Sumerian designator for stars and constellations, "Shargaz" and "Sharur" are two weapons of Marduk (the city god of Babylon and highest god of the Babylonian pantheon after 1250 BCE). The line I ii 31-32 in MUL.APIN read: "Two stars which stand in the sting of the Scorpion: Sharur and Shargaz", so these star names have originally been given to the stars lambda and upsilon Sco. The Mesopotamian name "Sargas" was linked to the star Theta Sco by Robert Brown Jr. (1893; "Euphratean Stellar Researches Part II.") and its subsequent mention in R. H. Allen's (1899) "Star-names and Their Meanings" popularized its subsequent use.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/08/21.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* MUL.APIN I ii 31-32 (Hunger+Steele (2019)), Horowitz, W. (2018) ‘Communication and miscommunication in the southern sky’, in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 69–84.

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