MUL.APIN 1.2
The 33 Stars
on the
Path of Enlil
Within the ellipse of the Milky Way
MUL.APIN
Tablet Nr. 86378
British Museum

MUL.APIN 1.2 (lines 24 - 39)
The 33 Stars on the Path of Enlil
[AK: Latvian ENA = "shade, eclipse" = EN. in EN.LIL
and LIEL = "large" in EN.LIL "large eclipses" i.e. Solar.
i.e Path of Solar Eclipses along the ecliptic].
(Column I, Lines 1 through 39)
MUL.APIN text is in LIGHT BLUE  AK: = Comments by Andis Kaulins, with some decipherments substantially differing from Papke.

Lines are given in sequence according to
Cuneiform Tablet Nr. 86378, British Museum.

24. The Goat (UZ) [Hercules], d.GU.LA
AK: UZ GU.LA and GULA are two different constellations. GULA is CAPRICORN the boat, not the goat UZ GU.LA which is Hercules.

25. The star before the goat: the Sitting Dog (UR.KU)
AK: This is Serpens Caput.

26. The bright star of the Goat
d.LAMMA, the messeger of d.Baba
AK: Rasalhague, this sky area called Ramus, Rameau = Lamma.

27. Two stars, behind her: d.NIN.SAR and d.ER.RA.GAL
Lyra = ER.RA is known as SHELiak or SHILiak or SULafat by the Arabs = SAR.

28. The Leopard (UD.KA.DUCH.A), d.U.GUR
AK: UD.KA.DUCHA.A has its "head of the Milky Way" at Cygnus and the tail at Cepheus. d.U.Gur is similar to the 23rd sieu Goei or Gui. It forms a line down to Aquarius, with which it is confused. The Persian lunar station here was called Khatsar = Ka.duch.a

29. The star to his right: the swine (SHACH), d.Damu
AK: This is SAGITTA, Sham or Schaham in Arabic (see Hinckley, Star Names).

30. The star to his left: the horse (ANSHE.KUR.RA)
AK: LA CERTA. This is later confused with EQUULEUS. Ricioli wrote AL CHERAS for Equuleus = KUR.RA = but correct is LA CERTA.

31. The star behind him: the stag (LU.LIM),
messenger of the Pleiades (MUL.MUL)
AK: This star "behind" Cygnus as LU.LIM is Cassiopeia, Latin SO.LIUM which precedes the setting of the Pleiades on the horizon. Cassiopeia is seen here as the stag's antlers. The Sumerian LU.LIM = Latvian ALNis "elk".

 32/33. The weak stars at the breast of the stag:
d.Charriru, god of the rainbow (d.TIR.AN.NA)
AK: This is Andromeda. The Sumerian-Akkadian d.TIR.AN.NA is Alpheratz as SIRRAH = TIR
= Latvian S.TIRNA "doe".

34/35. The bright red star at the kidney of the stag,
the Destroyer (KA.MUSH.I.KU.E)
AK: This is Algol in Perseus = I.KU.E (earlier red-colored)

36/37. "When the stars of Enlil are finished, a large star of matted light
divides the heavens there: the star of d.AMAR.UD (d.Marduk),
of the pass-over. Lines 36/37 were added to later MUL.APIN copies,
and are not found on the original tablet . - so Werner Papke -
AK: This is the red star Hamal = AMAR in Aries.

38. Jupiter (SAG.ME.GAR) changes its position continuously,
crossing the heavens

39. Those are the 33 stars of Enlil.

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