mul [SHINE]

(129 instances)

mul [SHINE] (129x: ED IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. mul; mul2; mul4 "star; to shine, radiate (light); arrow; to radiate (branches)" Akk. kakkabu; mulmullu; nabāţu

[1] cuneiform |ANx3| mul
[2] cuneiform TE mul2
[3] cuneiform |U.GUD| mul4 (ul)
+ -0 (101x/78%); -la (24x/19%); -lu (2x/2%); -la2 (1x/1%); -le (1x/1%).
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[1] 5 18 75
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40 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. star (129x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur mul OB Nippur Ura 5 387; mul-mul OB Nippur Ura 5 388; [[mul]] = mu-ul = MUL = ka-ak-ka-bu-um OB Aa 139:1; [[mul]] = = = ši-ţi-ir-tum OB Aa 139:2; [[mul]] = = = na-pa-hu-um OB Aa 139:3; [[mul]] = = = na-ba-ţu3-um OB Aa 139:4. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown mul-la2 ED Geography B 16. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown 2(barig@c) mul-la Nik 1, 084 o ii 6. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(diš) udu niga siskur2 mul ud5 PDT 1, 544 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu he2-mul ITT 2, 00740 o iv 21; he2-mul ITT 2, 00878 o i 11; he2-mul ITT 2, 00878 r iv 15; šu-mul sukkal ITT 2, 01024 3; e-mul-ra ITT 3, 05657 13; [e]-mul-e ITT 3, 05657 4; he2-mul MVN 06, 075 6. ELA/Ur III/Nippur e-mul-e NRVN 1, 017 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma siskur2 mul-še3 MVN 14, 0075 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur [x] tug2 gu2-e3 mul UET 3, 1755 11. ELA/Ur III/unclear [ŠU+LAGAB x x] x mul gur AAS 200 r ii 12. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu dumu mul-la DP 593 o ii 7. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash a mul BiMes 03, 29 o iv 11. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown še ha-mul-le ba-gi4-a BIN 08, 063 o ii 4; [x?] IGI!? mul# BIN 08, 046 o iv 2. unknown/Ur III/Girsu še mul-la Zinbun 21, pl. 10 43 o i 14. unknown/Ur III/Umma še a-ša3 gu2-mul ga6-ga2 SAT 2, 0433 2.

See: e mul aĝ; pa mul.

2. to shine, radiate (light)

3. arrow

4. to radiate (branches)

Akk. kakkabu "star"; mulmullu "arrow"; nabāţu "to be(come) bright, shine".

See ETCSL: mul=star; mul=to radiate.

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