BAL.TEŠ2.A - Revision history

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	[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism described as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]		[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism described as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]
	(MUL.)BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀯𒁄𒌨𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the area of [[Corona Borealis]]. This asterism is listed among <u>female</u> asterisms identified with the wife of Marduk in a prayer before dawn on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year’s Festival and as a palace goddess in lists of other female astral deities in the theological work KAR 142 iv 7 (Pongratz-Leisten<ref name=":0" /> 224), and parallels.		(MUL.)BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀯𒁄𒌨𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the area of [[Corona Borealis]]. This asterism is listed among <u>female</u> asterisms identified with the wife of Marduk in a prayer before dawn on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year’s Festival and as a palace goddess in lists of other female astral deities in the theological work KAR 142 iv 7 (Pongratz-Leisten<ref name=":0" /> 224), and parallels. A name for the circle consisting of 9 stars in this asterism is [[GAM-ti]] = ''kippatum'' 'circle.'
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
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	* List of names of Mars: <sup>mul</sup>bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = <sup>d</sup>min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'') "Balteša = Mars". [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:104].		* List of names of Mars:
			** <sup>mul</sup>bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = <sup>d</sup>min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')
			** "Balteša = Mars". [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:104].
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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
	==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>==
	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">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</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>Var. readings:		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">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</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>'''Var. readings:'''
	* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];		* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];
	* ''kakkab balti(m)''		* ''kakkab balti(m)''

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	The comparison of <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A with ''kippatu'' "circle, ring", allows and suggests that the symbol of the constellation <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A was a ring-shaped object correspondingly located upon the modern Corona Borealis (?).		The comparison of <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A with ''kippatu'' "circle, ring", allows and suggests that the symbol of the constellation <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A was a ring-shaped object correspondingly located upon the modern Corona Borealis (?).

	==== Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification. ====
	= Corona Borealis, especially in [[Alphecca]] (Gemma) [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44];		= Corona Borealis, especially in [[Alphecca]] (Gemma) [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44];

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
	==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>==
	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref>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</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A ~~(EN 15r)~~.</blockquote>Var. readings:		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">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</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>Var. readings:
	* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];		* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];
	* ''kakkab balti(m)''		* ''kakkab balti(m)''
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	** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>		** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>
	** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).		** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).
			** counting:<ref name=":1" /> Enlil 15 right (EN 15r)
	* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A		* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A
	** "the Star of Dignity, the Standing Gods, the Dog" (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].		** "the Star of Dignity, the Standing Gods, the Dog" (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].

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	\|'''The lists of ''ziqpu'' stars.'''		\|'''The lists of ''ziqpu'' stars.'''
	* <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A in the list of ''ziqpu''-stars in MUL.APIN; this seems to correspond to <sup>mul</sup>GAM-''ti'' (=''kippatu'' "circle, ring") (AO 6478:3), ~~usually identified with α Coronae Borealis (=Gemma)~~ [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 142].		* <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A in the list of ''ziqpu''-stars in MUL.APIN; this seems to correspond to <sup>mul</sup>GAM-''ti'' (=''kippatu'' "circle, ring") (AO 6478:3), [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 142].
	* The number of stars in the constellation, according to VAT 16436:20, is 9 (= α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, ι, π, ρ CrB [Hunger and Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 88]). Apparently, <sup>mul</sup>''kip-pat'' and <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A — two different designations of the same stellar configuration, cf. [ibid.<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 269-270].		* The number of stars in the constellation, according to VAT 16436:20, is 9 (= α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, ι, π, ρ CrB [Hunger and Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 88]). Apparently, <sup>mul</sup>''kip-pat'' and <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A — two different designations of the same stellar configuration, cf. [ibid.<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 269-270].
	\|[[File:AlRawi planisphere CrB.jpg\|thumb\|CrB on the Sippar planisphere (al-Rawi 2001), referred to as "kippatu". ]]		\|[[Corona Borealis]][[File:AlRawi planisphere CrB.jpg\|thumb\|CrB on the Sippar planisphere (al-Rawi 2001)<ref>''Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H''. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.</ref>, referred to as "kippatu". ]]
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	[[File:BALTESA CH Screenshot 2025-11-29 151500.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside BAL.TEŠ2.A (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]		[[File:BALTESA CH Screenshot 2025-11-29 151500.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside BAL.TEŠ2.A (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]

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	* <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A in the list of ''ziqpu''-stars in MUL.APIN; this seems to correspond to <sup>mul</sup>GAM-''ti'' (=''kippatu'' "circle, ring") (AO 6478:3), usually identified with α Coronae Borealis (=Gemma) [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 142].		* <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A in the list of ''ziqpu''-stars in MUL.APIN; this seems to correspond to <sup>mul</sup>GAM-''ti'' (=''kippatu'' "circle, ring") (AO 6478:3), usually identified with α Coronae Borealis (=Gemma) [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 142].
	* The number of stars in the constellation, according to VAT 16436:20, is 9 (= α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, ι, π, ρ CrB [Hunger and Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 88]). Apparently, <sup>mul</sup>''kip-pat'' and <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A — two different designations of the same stellar configuration, cf. [ibid.<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 269-270].		* The number of stars in the constellation, according to VAT 16436:20, is 9 (= α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, ι, π, ρ CrB [Hunger and Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 88]). Apparently, <sup>mul</sup>''kip-pat'' and <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A — two different designations of the same stellar configuration, cf. [ibid.<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 269-270].
	\|		\|[[File:AlRawi planisphere CrB.jpg\|thumb\|CrB on the Sippar planisphere (al-Rawi 2001), referred to as "kippatu". ]]
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	[[File:BALTESA CH Screenshot 2025-11-29 151500.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside BAL.TEŠ2.A (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]		[[File:BALTESA CH Screenshot 2025-11-29 151500.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside BAL.TEŠ2.A (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]

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	* (2) mul bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = ''kak-kab bal-tum.''		* (2) mul bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = ''kak-kab bal-tum.''

	See also [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51-2:10, 45; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, ~~'''''??? quotations from Wee 2016 are always wrong, there musts be some systematic error ????'''''~~ 162-3:10, 45]; parallel in the prayer lists during the New Year festivals in Babylonian: mul<sub>2</sub> bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a mul ''bal-tu''<sub>2</sub> [RAcc<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F''. Rituels accadiens. Paris, 1921.</ref>. 139:329; Linssen 2004, 221:329]. For a list of the "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].		See also [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51-2:10, 45; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, 162-3:10, 45]; parallel in the prayer lists during the New Year festivals in Babylonian: mul<sub>2</sub> bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a mul ''bal-tu''<sub>2</sub> [RAcc<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F''. Rituels accadiens. Paris, 1921.</ref>. 139:329; Linssen 2004, 221:329]. For a list of the "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].
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	* (1) The stars of Enlil (no. 14):		* (1) The stars of Enlil (no. 14):
	** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>		** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>
	** "The ~~asterism that~~ stands behind it ~~(= Šupa)~~: ~~Balteša~~, ~~messenger~~ of Tišpak" (I i 14).		** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).
	* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].		* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A
			** "the Star of Dignity, the Standing Gods, the Dog" (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].
	\|[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism descriped as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]		\|[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism descriped as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]
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