Šiltāḫu

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Šiltāḫu

Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, David Hilder, Susanne M Hoffmann, Euin Choung Kim


mulŠiltāḫu (𒀯𒅆𒅋𒋫𒄷) , and šukūdu are Akkadian names for the asterism 'The Arrow' which includes stars in classical Sirius.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Var.:

  • šukūdu; Akkadian parallel to mulKAK.U2.TAG.GA "Arrow"[2] in lexical and other texts, see (Kurtik k11) KAK.U2.TAG.GA, (Kurtik k10) KAK.SI.SA2.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, sh11) Gössmann (1950)
вар.: šukūdu; аккадская параллель к mulKAK.U2.TAG.GA «Стрела» в лексических и других текстах, см. k11KAK.U2.TAG.GA, k10KAK.SI.SA2. Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579