mul [STAR] N (285x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. mul; mul-mul; mul₂; ^urudmul-mul; mu-la₂; mu-ul; mulu₄; mul₄; mulₓ(AN.AN); da-mul-mul "star; to shine, radiate (light); to radiate (branches); arrow"

[1]	𒀯	mul
[2]	𒀯𒀯	mul-mul
[3]	𒋼	mul₂
[4]	𒍏𒀯𒀯	^urudmul-mul
[5]	𒈬𒇲	mu-la₂
[6]	𒈬𒌌	mu-ul
[7]	𒃷	mulu₄
[8]	𒌌	mul₄
[9]	𒀭𒀭	mulₓ(AN.AN)
[10]	𒁕𒀯𒀯	da-mul-mul
+	--la=l.a (37x/13%); --la₂=l.a (1x/0%); --lu=l.u (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		1	2		1	8	6	128	72	1
[2]						1	1	42	11	1
[3]									3
[4]									2
[5]									1
[6]								1
[7]									1
[8]									1
[9]		1
[10]

49 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/1%)

Old Akkadian (1x/0%)

Lagash II (9x/3%)

Ur III (7x/2%)

Old Babylonian (171x/60%)

Middle Assyrian (8x/3%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (57x/20%)

Neo-Babylonian (8x/3%)

Hellenistic (14x/5%)

unknown (2x/1%)

Verbal prefixes:V.n; V.ŋ; Vmma; ba; ba.i; ha.ba; ha.mu.a; mu.na; mu.na.i; na.V.m; u.me.

Senses:

1. star (137x/48%)

2. to shine, radiate (light) [V/t] (144x/51%)

3. to radiate (branches) [V/t] (1x/0%)

4. arrow (3x/1%)

Akk. kakkabu; mulmullu; nabāṭu.

Word ID: o0034424; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034424; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)