Article ID: CBB264425757

muluz3, mul dGula, and the Early History of Mesopotamian Constellations (2019)

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This article is devoted to cuneiform sources shedding light on history of Mesopotamian constellations muluz3 (“The Goat”) located in the area of modern Lyra, mul dGula, a goddess connected with muluz3, and mulur.gi7 (“The Dog”) located in Hercules. In the eyes of ancient Mesopotamians, these constellations were bound by complex relationships that were changing in course of time. Gula was the goddess of the Goat constellation, and the Dog was a sacred animal of Gula. In the Neo-Assyrian period, Gula’s anthropomorphic image was considered to be a figure of the constellation muluz3, while figures of other constellations with animal names always corresponded to their names. It is shown in the article that originally (at the end of the third and the beginning of the second millennium b.c.) there were only two constellations (muluz3 and mulur.gi7) out of three mentioned above singled out in the Mesopotamian sky. The goddess Gula became associated with the constellation muluz3 only in the second half of the second millennium b.c.

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Authors & Contributors
Steele, John M.
Kurtik, G. E.
Kurtik, Gennadii
Horowitz, Wayne
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain
Ratzon, Eshbal
Concepts
Constellations; zodiac
Astronomy
Stars; stellar astronomy
Cosmology
Astrology
Cuneiform inscriptions
Time Periods
Ancient
Places
Mesopotamia
Greece
Middle and Near East
China
Assyria
Egypt
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