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UG<sub>5</sub>.GA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. The spelling ''U'''<sub>2</sub>'''-ge-e'' occurs only one time, in a prediction. 

==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
Variants

* UG<sub>5</sub>.GA
* ''U'''<sub>2</sub>'''-ge-e''



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* Month of ulul, stars of Anu:
** <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA // 1.30 // <sup>d</sup>EN BE
** "Raven // 90 // Lord of Death(?)" [Walker-Hunger 1977<ref>''Walker C.B.F., Hunger H.'' Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.</ref>, 30:17].
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| '''MUL.APIN'''
(4) Astrological predictions:

* a)
** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.1 KI.TA ''ina-pal'' ŠE.GIŠ.I<sub>3</sub> SI.SA<sub>2</sub>
** "If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3<ref name=":4">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 83, K.800:11],
* b)
** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.2 AN.TA ''ina-pal'' AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ŠE NU SI.SA<sub>2</sub>
** "If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10" />, 23:6, 24:8],
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|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia."'''
* List of names of Mars: <sup>mul</sup>ug<sub>5</sub>.ga = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'') "Raven = Mars";
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=== additional ===
Predictions

* [DIŠ] <sup>mul</sup>UGA MUL.MEŠ-<''šu''<sub>2</sub>> ''ba-ʼ''-[''lu''] <sup>d</sup>IM ŠEG<sub>3</sub> ''ṭaḫ-du-tum u''<sub>2</sub>''-šeš-š''[''ir''] "[If] the constellation of the Raven are brilliant: Adad will bring abundant rain" [BPO 2<ref name=":1">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, XVII 11].

* DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA KASKAL <sup>d</sup>UTU KUR-''ud'' KI.LAM TUR <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ: <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD <sup>d</sup>''Šul-pa-e''<sub>3</sub>-[''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.<ref name=":102">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 50:17], for a parallel see. [Borger 1973<ref name=":5">''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.</ref>, 41:23′; ACh Suppl. 2<ref name=":102" />, 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<ref name=":102" />, 20:104] "Raven = Mars", see in this connection also [Largement 1957<ref name=":6">''Largement R.'' Contribution à l’Etudes des Astres errants dans l’Astrologie chaldéenne // ZA. 1957. Bd. 18. S.235-264. Abbreviated ACh.</ref>, 254:114; SpTU I<ref name=":7">''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.</ref>, 90 r. 8′; SpTU III<ref name=":3">''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil III / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Berlin, 1988.</ref>, 101:29].

         (15) The raven approaches the asterism of Eridu;

* DIŠ <sup>ul</sup>ug<sub>5</sub>.ga sukkal <sup>ul</sup>KAL ''ana'' <sup>ul</sup>NUN<sup>ki</sup> TE GAN<sub>2</sub>.Z[I ''ina'' kur] ˹du<sub>3</sub>.a. bi˺ [...] "The raven, the messenger of Lamma, approaches the asterism of Eridu: all the cultivated fields [in the country] [...] [Borger 1973<ref name=":5" />, 41 r. 26′; ACh Ištar<ref name=":102" />, 23:14; AAT, 43:14].

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

* DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana'' <sup>d</sup>''Šul-pa-e''<sub>3</sub> KUR-''ud'' [...] "If the Raven reaches Jupiter [...]" [SpTU III<ref name=":3" />, 101:30].

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

         (18) The Fish (=Mercury or Saturn) stands near the Raven (= Goat-Fish, Swallow or Anunitu); see (Kurtik k24) [[KU6|KU<sub>6</sub>]], V 10.

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

         (20) The Raven inclines towards the Furrow;

* [DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>]UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ''šu-ur'' BURU<sub>5</sub> ḪI.A ZI.A "[If] the Raven inclines towards the Furrow: numerous crows will attack" [ACh Suppl. 2<ref name=":102" />, 81:1, 80:4].

== Historical Dictionaries == 
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! scope="col" style="width: 40%;" | Gössmann (1950) 
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== References == 
* [[References (Babylonian)|Kurtik's references]]

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