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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian [[IM.DUGUDmušen\|IM.DUGUD]] = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse~~, i~~.~~e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.~~		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian [[IM.DUGUDmušen\|IM.DUGUD]] = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse.

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

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	* [[References (Babylonian)\|Kurtik's references]]		* [[References (Babylonian)\|Kurtik's references]]

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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian [[IM.DUGUD]] = [[Anzu]]-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian [[IM.DUGUDmušen\|IM.DUGUD]] = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	~~ANŠE.KUR.RA = ''sisû'' “horse”.~~

	= ''sīsû'' "horse" [BPO 2, 10; Gössmann 32, Hoffmann and Krebernik 2023]; a constellation in the vicinity of [[Cepheus]]		* ANŠE.KUR.RA
			* = ''sisû'' “horse”.
			* = ''sīsû'' "horse" [BPO 2, 10; Gössmann 32, Hoffmann and Krebernik 2023]; a constellation in the vicinity of [[Cepheus]]

	(historically also identified with stars in [[Pegasus]] but this is less likely, as it would overlap with other constellations which are given next to it in some texts).		(historically also identified with stars in [[Pegasus]] but this is less likely, as it would overlap with other constellations which are given next to it in some texts).

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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian ~~IMDUGUD~~ = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian [[IM.DUGUD]] = [[Anzu]]-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.

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

WayneHorowitz: Please read the opening statement and lets discuss it

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Please read the opening statement and lets discuss it

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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars ~~forming~~ a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian ~~idea of the~~ IMDUGUD = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period in the series MUL.APIN. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars in a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian IMDUGUD = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.

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

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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and Delphinus. The name first appears in cuneiform astronomical works in the Neo-Assyrian period. The recognition of an asterism formed by set of stars forming a perceived horse-like shape in the sky may be a secondary development in the evolution of the Sumerian-Akkadian star repertoire, perhaps dating as late as the late second millennium or even the start of the first millennium BCE. If so, this would parallel the evolution of the much older Sumerian idea of the IMDUGUD = Anzu-bird, originally conceived as a lion-headed eagle, into something approaching a winged-horse, i.e. the idea of the Pegasus-figure of the classical world.

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

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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) is ~~an ancient~~ Mesopotamian asterism.		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) = ''sīsû'', 'Horse' is a Mesopotamian asterism in the vicinity of Cygnus and

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

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Sources and Identification(s)

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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''
	* <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup> = <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra "		* <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup> = <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra "
	* Anzu bird = Horse". [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:159; Weidner 1959-60, 107:21, 108]; for a ~~parallel~~ see [SpTU I, 50:36].		* Anzu bird = Horse". [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:159; Weidner 1959-60, 107:21, 108; for a mention in a commentary see SpTU I, 50:36].
	\|[[File:2017-08-01 Lion-headed Imdugud (Anzu) Bird on Top of Two Stags, c. 2500 BC.jpg\|alt=photograph\|thumb\|Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.]][[File:Middle Assyrian winged horse cylinder seal.png\|thumb\|Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns. Ca. 14th–13th century BCE. Middle Assyrian.]]By the classical period the Horse constellation in Assyria and Babylonia came to be a Greek Pegasus-like figure identified with Sumerian <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû''. Earlier the IM.DUGUD. <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû'' although the earlier flying constellation was depicted as a Lion-headed eagle.		\|[[File:2017-08-01 Lion-headed Imdugud (Anzu) Bird on Top of Two Stags, c. 2500 BC.jpg\|alt=photograph\|thumb\|Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.]][[File:Middle Assyrian winged horse cylinder seal.png\|thumb\|Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns. Ca. 14th–13th century BCE. Middle Assyrian.]]By the classical period the Horse constellation in Assyria and Babylonia came to be a Greek Pegasus-like figure identified with Sumerian <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû''. Earlier the IM.DUGUD. <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû'' although the earlier flying constellation was depicted as a Lion-headed eagle.
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	* <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra = <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup>		* <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra = <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup>
	* "Horse = Anzu bird",		* "Horse = Anzu bird",
	* see also [HBA 51:20; Wee 2016, 162-3:20]; for a ~~parallel~~ see [SpTU I, 50:36]; identity in BM 52938: ''an-zu-u''<sub>2</sub> = ''si-su''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] [CAD S, 334a].		* see also [HBA 51:20; Wee 2016, 162-3:20]; for a commentary see [SpTU I, 50:36]; identity in BM 52938: ''an-zu-u''<sub>2</sub> = ''si-su''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] [CAD S, 334a].
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	==== III. Symbol. ====		==== III. Symbol. ====
	The identification of this constellation with Pegasus suggested by J. Koch (see section IV) '''''(if it took place in reality!?)''''' suggests that at the period when Mesopotamian tradition connected with the stars was known to the Greeks (8-5 cc. BCE) the figure of horse was already considered as its symbol in Mesopotamia. The images of the horse's head on the kudurrus see ~~[Seidl 1968.~~ [Seidl 1968, 145, XXIX; Kurtik 2007, fig. 8].		The identification of this constellation with Pegasus suggested by J. Koch (see section IV) '''''(if it took place in reality!?)''''' suggests that at the period when Mesopotamian tradition connected with the stars was known to the Greeks (8-5 cc. BCE) the figure of horse was already considered as its symbol in Mesopotamia. The images of the horse's head on the kudurrus see [Seidl 1968, 145, XXIX; Kurtik 2007, fig. 8].

	== Historical Dictionaries ==		== Historical Dictionaries ==

HermannHunger: /* Concordance, Etymology, History[1] */

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	\| MUL.APIN I i 29-32 lists a set of constellations as entourage of the UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A-demon: <blockquote>"The asterism which stands at its right side: the Pig, Damu. The asterism which stands at its left side: the Horse. The asterism which stands behind it: The Stag, [...]. The dusky stars which stand in the breast of the Stag: ...". </blockquote>The image of the UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A-demon can be attached to the stars because its heel (λ And) and its breast (α Cyg) are well-determined ''ziqpu''-stars. Thus, the Horse and the Pig can be arranged according to the text at the demon's left and right side, squeezed in between the well-defined constellations of [[IKU]], [[APIN]], and [[Anunitu]].[[File:UDKADUHA+.jpg\|alt=stellarium map of the area of UD.KA.DUḪ.A\|thumb\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A and its entourage in Stellarium: The Horse, The Stag, The Pig to its left and right (paintings by Jessica Gullberg 2021). The identification of The Pig is uncertain; it could also be in the area of Delphinus, but as the two stars at the end of Sagitta form a pair like a pig's nose, this orientation was chosen. The terms "left" and "right" are not well defined, especially with regard to a figure that is seen from the side.]]		\| MUL.APIN I i 29-32 lists a set of constellations as entourage of the UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A-demon: <blockquote>"The asterism which stands at its right side: the Pig, Damu. The asterism which stands at its left side: the Horse. The asterism which stands behind it: The Stag, [...]. The dusky stars which stand in the breast of the Stag: ...". </blockquote>The image of the UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A-demon can be attached to the stars because its heel (λ And) and its breast (α Cyg) are well-determined ''ziqpu''-stars. Thus, the Horse and the Pig can be arranged according to the text at the demon's left and right side, squeezed in between the well-defined constellations of [[IKU]], [[APIN]], and [[Anunitu]].[[File:UDKADUHA+.jpg\|alt=stellarium map of the area of UD.KA.DUḪ.A\|thumb\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A and its entourage in Stellarium: The Horse, The Stag, The Pig to its left and right (paintings by Jessica Gullberg 2021). The identification of The Pig is uncertain; it could also be in the area of Delphinus, but as the two stars at the end of Sagitta form a pair like a pig's nose, this orientation was chosen. The terms "left" and "right" are not well defined, especially with regard to a figure that is seen from the side.]]
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and ~~Miscellania~~".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''
	* <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup> = <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra "		* <sup>mul</sup> <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup> = <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra "
	* Anzu bird = Horse". [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:159; Weidner 1959-60, 107:21, 108]; for a parallel see. [SpTU I, 50:36].		* Anzu bird = Horse". [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:159; Weidner 1959-60, 107:21, 108]; for a parallel see [SpTU I, 50:36].
	\|[[File:2017-08-01 Lion-headed Imdugud (Anzu) Bird on Top of Two Stags, c. 2500 BC.jpg\|alt=photograph\|thumb\|Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.]][[File:Middle Assyrian winged horse cylinder seal.png\|thumb\|Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns. Ca. 14th–13th century BCE. Middle Assyrian.]]By the classical period the Horse constellation in Assyria and Babylonia came to be a Greek Pegasus-like figure identified with Sumerian <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû''. Earlier the IM.DUGUD. <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû'' although the earlier flying constellation was depicted as a Lion-headed eagle.		\|[[File:2017-08-01 Lion-headed Imdugud (Anzu) Bird on Top of Two Stags, c. 2500 BC.jpg\|alt=photograph\|thumb\|Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.]][[File:Middle Assyrian winged horse cylinder seal.png\|thumb\|Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns. Ca. 14th–13th century BCE. Middle Assyrian.]]By the classical period the Horse constellation in Assyria and Babylonia came to be a Greek Pegasus-like figure identified with Sumerian <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû''. Earlier the IM.DUGUD. <sup>mul</sup>IM.DUGUD = ''anzû'' although the earlier flying constellation was depicted as a Lion-headed eagle.
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	* <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra = <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup>		* <sup>mul</sup>anše.kur.ra = <sup>d</sup>im.dugud<sup>mušen</sup>
	* "Horse = Anzu bird",		* "Horse = Anzu bird",
	* see also [HBA 51:20; Wee 2016, 162-3:20]; for a parallel see. [SpTU I, 50:36]; identity in BM 52938: ''an-zu-u''<sub>2</sub> = ''si-su''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] [CAD S, 334a].		* see also [HBA 51:20; Wee 2016, 162-3:20]; for a parallel see [SpTU I, 50:36]; identity in BM 52938: ''an-zu-u''<sub>2</sub> = ''si-su''-[''u''<sub>2</sub>] [CAD S, 334a].
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	\| '''Dalbanna-text.'''		\| '''Dalbanna-text.'''
	* '''§e.''' mul x [x x x x x x] ˹mul<sup>!</sup>˺ sag ˹anše.kur.ra˺ ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>sim.maḫ 4 mul.meš [x x x x x 2 da]l.ba.an.na dal.ba.an.na <sup>mul</sup>sag sim.m[aḫ x x x] x dal. ba.an.na murub<sub>4</sub> suḫuš ''ki-lal-la-an ma''[''ḫ-ru'']		* '''§e.''' mul x [x x x x x x] ˹mul<sup>!</sup>˺ sag ˹anše.kur.ra˺ ''u'' <sup>mul</sup>sim.maḫ 4 mul.meš [x x x x x 2 da]l.ba.an.na dal.ba.an.na <sup>mul</sup>sag sim.m[aḫ x x x] x dal.ba.an.na murub<sub>4</sub> suḫuš ''ki-lal-la-an ma''[''ḫ-ru'']
	* "Asterism [...] (7 And, β Cas) head of Horse and Swallow (β,ε Peg): 4 stars [...2 in]tervals, interval. Swall[ow’s] head x interval. Middle (and?) foundation, both first[s]." [Walker 1995, 36; Hunger and Pingree 1999, 108]; according to [Koch 1995, 48, 61],		* "Asterism [...] (7 And, β Cas) head of Horse and Swallow (β,ε Peg): 4 stars [...2 in]tervals, interval. Swall[ow’s] head x interval. Middle (and?) foundation, both first[s]." [Walker 1995, 36; Hunger and Pingree 1999, 108]; according to [Koch 1995, 48, 61],
	* mul<sub>x</sub> [x x] = <sup>mul</sup>''z''[''ap-pi šaḫ'']<sup>?</sup> "Pig’s Bristle" (7 And), [x x x x] = [<sup>mul</sup>tir.an.na]<sup>?</sup> "[Rainbow]" (β Cas), ˹mul<sup>ǃ</sup>˺ sag ˹anše.kur.ra˺ = (β Peg), <sup>mul</sup>sim.maḫ = (ω Psc), <sup>mul</sup>sag sim.m[aḫ] = (ε Peg).		* mul<sub>x</sub> [x x] = <sup>mul</sup>''z''[''ap-pi šaḫ'']<sup>?</sup> "Pig’s Bristle" (7 And), [x x x x] = [<sup>mul</sup>tir.an.na]<sup>?</sup> "[Rainbow]" (β Cas), ˹mul<sup>ǃ</sup>˺ sag ˹anše.kur.ra˺ = (β Peg), <sup>mul</sup>sim.maḫ = (ω Psc), <sup>mul</sup>sag sim.m[aḫ] = (ε Peg).
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	==== II. Deity. ====		==== II. Deity. ====
	The Horse constellation is identified with Anzu, a well-known Sumero-Akkadian mythical character (see Kurtik i07 [[IM.DUGUDmušen\|<sup>d</sup>IM.DUGUD<sup>mušen</sup>]]). For what reasons and when exactly in astral mythology Anzu was associated with the Horse, remains unclear. Texts containing this identity date back to the 1st millennium B.C. The absence of the name in lexical texts ~~indicate~~ a rather late origin of the name. On the probable mythological basis of the identification see. [CAD A/2, 155; Livingstone 1986, 147-148].		The Horse constellation is identified with Anzu, a well-known Sumero-Akkadian mythical character (see Kurtik i07 [[IM.DUGUDmušen\|<sup>d</sup>IM.DUGUD<sup>mušen</sup>]]). For what reasons and when exactly in astral mythology Anzu was associated with the Horse, remains unclear. Texts containing this identity date back to the 1st millennium B.C. The absence of the name in lexical texts indicates a rather late origin of the name. On the probable mythological basis of the identification see [CAD A/2, 155; Livingstone 1986, 147-148].

	==== III. Symbol. ====		==== III. Symbol. ====

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	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.		<sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA (𒀯𒀲𒆳𒊏) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.