UG5.GA

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UG5.GA

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

UG5.GA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. The spelling U2-ge-e occurs only one time, in a prediction.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Variants

  • UG5.GA
  • U2-ge-e


Sources Identifications
Astrolabe Group

BM 82923.

  • Month of ulul, stars of Anu:
    • mulUG5.GA // 1.30 // dEN BE
    • "Raven // 90 // Lord of Death(?)" [Walker-Hunger 1977[2], 30:17].
MUL.APIN

(4) Astrological predictions:

  • a)
    • DIŠ mul4UG5.GA ana id IM.1 KI.TA ina-pal ŠE.GIŠ.I3 SI.SA2
    • "If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar[3], 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3[4], 83, K.800:11],
  • b)
    • DIŠ mul4UG5.GA ana id IM.2 AN.TA ina-pal AB.SIN2 ŠE NU SI.SA2
    • "If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar[3], 23:6, 24:8],
"Great Star List and Miscellenia."
  • List of names of Mars: mulug5.ga = dmin(= dṣal-bat-a-nu) "Raven = Mars";

additional

Predictions

  • [DIŠ] mulUGA MUL.MEŠ-<šu2> ba-ʼ-[lu] dIM ŠEG3 ṭaḫ-du-tum u2-šeš-š[ir] "[If] the constellation of the Raven are brilliant: Adad will bring abundant rain" [BPO 2[5], XVII 11].
  • DIŠ mulUG5.GA KASKAL dUTU KUR-ud KI.LAM TUR dUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ: dUDU.IDIM.GU4.UD dŠul-pa-e3-[a KUR-ud] "If the Raven reaches the path of the Sun: business activity will decrease, (meaning): Saturn or Mercury [reaches] Jupite[r]" [ACh Suppl.[6], 50:17], for a parallel see. [Borger 1973[7], 41:23′; ACh Suppl. 2[6], 88:17-18]; the commentary suggests the identities: 'Raven = Saturn or Mercury', 'Path of the Sun = Jupiter'. However, in similar predictions in [SAA 8, 82:5-6], the context implies: "Raven = Mars" and "Path of the Sun = Saturn" in accordance with the common interpretation of Saturn as the star of the Sun (see Kurtik u09) UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ), and in [ACh Ištar[6], 20:104] "Raven = Mars", see in this connection also [Largement 1957[8], 254:114; SpTU I[9], 90 r. 8′; SpTU III[10], 101:29].

         (15) The raven approaches the asterism of Eridu;

  • DIŠ ulug5.ga sukkal ulKAL ana ulNUNki TE GAN2.Z[I ina kur] ˹du3.a. bi˺ [...] "The raven, the messenger of Lamma, approaches the asterism of Eridu: all the cultivated fields [in the country] [...] [Borger 1973[7], 41 r. 26′; ACh Ištar[6], 23:14; AAT, 43:14].

         (16) The Raven approaches Shulpae (= Jupiter);

  • DIŠ mulUG5.GA ana dŠul-pa-e3 KUR-ud [...] "If the Raven reaches Jupiter [...]" [SpTU III[10], 101:30].

         (17) The Bow (=Mercury?) stands near the Raven (Goat-Fish?); see (Kurtik b06) PAN, V 11.

         (18) The Fish (=Mercury or Saturn) stands near the Raven (= Goat-Fish, Swallow or Anunitu); see (Kurtik k24) KU6, V 10.

         (19) Raven and the star KAL.NE; see (Kurtik k15) KAL.NE.

         (20) The Raven inclines towards the Furrow;

  • [DIŠ mul]UG5.GA ana mulAB.SIN2 šu-ur BURU5 ḪI.A ZI.A "[If] the Raven inclines towards the Furrow: numerous crows will attack" [ACh Suppl. 2[6], 81:1, 80:4].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022) Gössmann (1950)
Kurtik (2007) had these terms as variants of UGA which we consider incorrect

References

  1. ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. ↑ Walker C.B.F., Hunger H. Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ch. Virolleaud, L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)
  4. ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.
  5. ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Ch. Virolleaud, L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Borger R. Keilschrifttexte verschiedenen Inhalts / Symbolae Biblicae et Mesopotamicae. Festschrift Th. de Liagre Böhl. Ed. M.A.Beek et al. Leiden, 1973. Р. 38-55.
  8. ↑ Largement R. Contribution à l’Etudes des Astres errants dans l’Astrologie chaldéenne // ZA. 1957. Bd. 18. S.235-264. Abbreviated ACh.
  9. ↑ Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk. Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk. Teil III / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Berlin, 1988.
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