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	[[File:MULAPIN-circPol smh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|A suggestion for identification of the constellations in the circumpolar area of the Mesopotamian star heaven; draft in Stellarium as drawn in Stellarium (2025). The identifications of the Heir and the Yoke are rather uncertain (180° uncertainty; they can also be at the opposite position).]]		[[File:MULAPIN-circPol smh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|A suggestion for identification of the constellations in the circumpolar area of the Mesopotamian star heaven; draft in Stellarium as drawn in Stellarium (2025). The identifications of the Heir and the Yoke are rather uncertain (180° uncertainty; they can also be at the opposite position).]]
	<sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.KU.A<sup>meš</sup> (𒀯𒀭𒆪𒀀𒈨𒌍), The Sitting Gods, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism or a group of asterisms.		<sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> (𒀯𒀭𒆪𒀀𒈨𒌍), The Sitting Gods, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism or a group of asterisms.

	==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>AN.KU.A<sup>meš</sup>,		* <sup>mul</sup>AN.KU.A<sup>meš</sup>,
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	* <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>,		* <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>,
	* <sup>mul</sup>AN.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> = ''antušû'', ''ankurû''(?) "the Sitting Gods" [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 56; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 11; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> A/2, 124; Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 28, 113; Labat 1976<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref>, 49; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":1">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 35]; a group of stars (?).		* <sup>mul</sup>AN.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> = ''antušû'', ''ankurû''(?) "the Sitting Gods" [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 56; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 11; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> A/2, 124; Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 28, 113; Labat 1976<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref>, 49; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":1">Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 35]; a group of stars (?).
	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> elaborate:<blockquote><sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> & <sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>. The sumerograms are ambiguous, since the first sign can be read as DIĜIR “god” or AN “heaven”, and TUŠ can also be read DÚR (both meaning “to sit”) or KU. However, the addition of A makes the reading TUŠ virtually certain. In the same manner, BA confirms the reading of GUB.BA. ~~'''''??? So we should have a heading DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ???'''''~~		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> elaborate:<blockquote><sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> & <sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>. The sumerograms are ambiguous, since the first sign can be read as DIĜIR “god” or AN “heaven”, and TUŠ can also be read DÚR (both meaning “to sit”) or KU. However, the addition of A makes the reading TUŠ virtually certain. In the same manner, BA confirms the reading of GUB.BA. The Sum. forms mean “seated, sitting” and “standing”, respectively.</blockquote><blockquote>The corresponding entries in the dictionaries are ''angubbû'' (AHw, CAD) and ''ankurû'' (CAD), ''antušû'' (AHw), respectively. The first sumerogram, which is much more common than the second, designates a type of priest and describes the function of certain (minor) deities in god lists. In the OB Ištar ritual from Mari, the DIĜIR<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR-''gub-bu-ú'' are obviously (representations of) deities, who “sit down to the left of Ištar together with (the god) Latarak” (ii 1’-3’, see Ziegler 1997, 58). The usage in MUL.APIN, where the two expressions are connected with Enlil’s temple Ekur in Nippur (“The stars of the Standing/Sitting Gods of the Ekur”) seems to be comparable. In 5R 46, 1:15-16, the “Standing Gods of the Ekur” are interpreted as “Sîn and Nergal”, and the “Sitting Gods” as “Anu and Enlil”, which is not applicable to MUL.APIN. The same is true of [M]UL.DIĜIR.GUB].BA<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> in Hg, where they are identified with Sîn and Šamaš (MSL 11<ref>''Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon''. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = ''hubullu.'' Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.</ref>, 41: 52). MUL.DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR / MUL.DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR (after EN 21).</blockquote>

	The Sum. forms mean “seated, sitting” and “standing”, respectively.</blockquote><blockquote>The corresponding entries in the dictionaries are ''angubbû'' (AHw, CAD) and ''ankurû'' (CAD), ''antušû'' (AHw), respectively. The first sumerogram, which is much more common than the second, designates a type of priest and describes the function of certain (minor) deities in god lists. In the OB Ištar ritual from Mari, the DIĜIR<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR-''gub-bu-ú'' are obviously (representations of) deities, who “sit down to the left of Ištar together with (the god) Latarak” (ii 1’-3’, see Ziegler 1997, 58). The usage in MUL.APIN, where the two expressions are connected with Enlil’s temple Ekur in Nippur (“The stars of the Standing/Sitting Gods of the Ekur”) seems to be comparable. In 5R 46, 1:15-16, the “Standing Gods of the Ekur” are interpreted as “Sîn and Nergal”, and the “Sitting Gods” as “Anu and Enlil”, which is not applicable to MUL.APIN. The same is true of [M]UL.DIĜIR.GUB].BA<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> in Hg, where they are identified with Sîn and Šamaš (MSL 11<ref>''Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon''. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = ''hubullu.'' Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.</ref>, 41: 52). MUL.DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR / MUL.DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR (after EN 21).</blockquote>
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	* The list of the stars of Enlil (no. 22): <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut E''<sub>2</sub>''-kur'' "Sitting Gods of Ekur" (I i 23), see also [Horowitz 1989-90<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two Mul-Apin Fragments // AfO. 1989-90. Bd. XXXVI/XXXVII. S. 116-117.</ref>, 116, BM 54817:10'].		* The list of the stars of Enlil (no. 22): <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut E''<sub>2</sub>''-kur'' "Sitting Gods of Ekur" (I i 23) [Hunger & Steele 2019<ref name=":7" />: 34], see also [Horowitz 1989-90<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two Mul-Apin Fragments // AfO. 1989-90. Bd. XXXVI/XXXVII. S. 116-117.</ref>, 116, BM 54817:10'].
	\|[[File:EkurGodsSchema on stellarium txt.jpg\|thumb\|The MUL.APIN-"The Ekur" in Stellarium and a schema overlay: The Sitting Gods are bluish, and the Standing Gods are darker gray. The two additional Non-Ekur divine "entities" with their entourage (Susanne M Hoffmann 2025).]]		\|[[File:EkurGodsSchema on stellarium txt.jpg\|thumb\|The MUL.APIN-"The Ekur" in Stellarium and a schema overlay: The Sitting Gods are bluish, and the Standing Gods are darker gray. The two additional Non-Ekur divine "entities" with their entourage (Susanne M Hoffmann 2025).]]
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	= "(9) seated gods," stars in Serpent, Hercules, and Ophiuchus [Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 78];		= "(9) seated gods," stars in Serpent, Hercules, and Ophiuchus [Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 78];

	= ε, π, ρ, θ Herculis (?) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 138];		= ε, π, ρ, θ Herculis (?) [MA<ref name=":7">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 138];

	= ι Vir (?) [Pingree and Walker 1988<ref name=":2" />, 320];		= ι Vir (?) [Pingree and Walker 1988<ref name=":2" />, 320];
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	\|вар. чтения: <sup>mul</sup>AN.KU.A<sup>meš</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>mul</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> = antušû, ankurû(?) «Сидящие Боги» [AHw, 56; BPO 2, 11; CAD A/2, 124; G. 28, 113; Labat 1976, 49; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 35]; группа звезд в созвездии Девы (Virgo) (?).		\|вар. чтения: <sup>mul</sup>AN.KU.A<sup>meš</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>mul</sup>, <sup>mul</sup>AN.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> = antušû, ankurû(?) «Сидящие Боги» [AHw, 56; BPO 2, 11; CAD A/2, 124; G. 28, 113; Labat 1976, 49; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref name=":1" />, 35]; группа звезд в созвездии Девы (Virgo) (?).
	I. Источники.		I. Источники.

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	* (1) Intercalation scheme: <sup>mul</sup>dingir.tuš.a.˹m˺eš êa as star Anu — star AN.TA.GUB.BA in the month of Šabaṭu, see (Kurtik u19) [[UR.GI7\|UR.GI<sub>7</sub>]].		* (1) Intercalation scheme: <sup>mul</sup>dingir.tuš.a.˹m˺eš êa as star Anu — star AN.TA.GUB.BA in the month Šabaṭu, see (Kurtik u19) [[UR.GI7\|UR.GI<sub>7</sub>]].
	* (2) <sup>mul</sup>ur.gi<sub>7</sub> is the star of AN.TA.ŠU.UR.RA in the month of Abu, see (Kurtik g06) [[GAM3\|GAM<sub>3</sub>]].		* (2) <sup>mul</sup>ur.gi<sub>7</sub> is the star of AN.TA.ŠU.UR.RA in the month Abu, see (Kurtik g06) [[GAM3\|GAM<sub>3</sub>]].
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	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> elaborate:<blockquote><sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> & <sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>. The sumerograms are ambiguous, since the first sign can be read as DIĜIR “god” or AN “heaven”, and TUŠ can also be read DÚR (both meaning “to sit”) or KU. However, the addition of A makes the reading TUŠ virtually certain. In the same manner, BA confirms the reading of GUB.BA. '''''??? So we should have a heading DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ???'''''		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> elaborate:<blockquote><sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> & <sup>mul</sup>DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup>. The sumerograms are ambiguous, since the first sign can be read as DIĜIR “god” or AN “heaven”, and TUŠ can also be read DÚR (both meaning “to sit”) or KU. However, the addition of A makes the reading TUŠ virtually certain. In the same manner, BA confirms the reading of GUB.BA. '''''??? So we should have a heading DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ???'''''

	The Sum. forms mean “seated, sitting” and “standing”, respectively.</blockquote><blockquote>The corresponding entries in the dictionaries are ''angubbû'' (AHw, CAD) and ''ankurû'' (CAD), ''antušû'' (AHw), respectively. The first sumerogram, which is much more common than the second, designates a type of priest and describes the function of certain (minor) deities in god lists. In the OB Ištar ritual from Mari, the DIĜIR<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR-''gub-bu-ú'' are obviously (representations of) deities, who “sit down to the left of Ištar together with (the god) Latarak” (ii 1’-3’, see Ziegler 1997, 58). The usage in MUL.APIN, where the two expressions are connected with Enlil’s temple Ekur in Nippur (“The stars of the Standing/Sitting Gods of the Ekur”) seems to be comparable. In 5R 46: ~~15–16.~~, the “Standing Gods of the Ekur” are interpreted as “Sîn and Nergal”, and the “Sitting Gods” as “Anu and Enlil”, which is not applicable to MUL.APIN. The same is true of [M]UL.DIĜIR.GUB].BA<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> in Hg, where they are identified with Sîn and Šamaš (MSL XI<ref>''Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon''. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = ''hubullu.'' Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.</ref>, 41: 52). MUL.DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR / MUL.DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR (after EN 21).</blockquote>		The Sum. forms mean “seated, sitting” and “standing”, respectively.</blockquote><blockquote>The corresponding entries in the dictionaries are ''angubbû'' (AHw, CAD) and ''ankurû'' (CAD), ''antušû'' (AHw), respectively. The first sumerogram, which is much more common than the second, designates a type of priest and describes the function of certain (minor) deities in god lists. In the OB Ištar ritual from Mari, the DIĜIR<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR-''gub-bu-ú'' are obviously (representations of) deities, who “sit down to the left of Ištar together with (the god) Latarak” (ii 1’-3’, see Ziegler 1997, 58). The usage in MUL.APIN, where the two expressions are connected with Enlil’s temple Ekur in Nippur (“The stars of the Standing/Sitting Gods of the Ekur”) seems to be comparable. In 5R 46, 1:15-16, the “Standing Gods of the Ekur” are interpreted as “Sîn and Nergal”, and the “Sitting Gods” as “Anu and Enlil”, which is not applicable to MUL.APIN. The same is true of [M]UL.DIĜIR.GUB].BA<sup>meš</sup> DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> in Hg, where they are identified with Sîn and Šamaš (MSL 11<ref>''Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon''. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = ''hubullu.'' Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.</ref>, 41: 52). MUL.DIĜIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR / MUL.DIĜIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' É.KUR (after EN 21).</blockquote>
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	* <sup>mul</sup>dingir.ku.a<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut E''<sub>2</sub>''-~~kur~~'' = <sup>d</sup>''A-nu u'' <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> "Sitting Gods of Ekur = Anu and Enlil". [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51:16; 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>, 162-3:16].		* <sup>mul</sup>dingir.ku.a<sup>meš</sup> ''šu-ut'' E<sub>2</sub>''-''kur = <sup>d</sup>''A-nu u'' <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> "Sitting Gods of Ekur = Anu and Enlil" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51:16; 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>, 162-3:16].
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	==== Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	Deities-protectors, guardians; mentioned as a pair with DINGIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> 'Standing deities', see previous article. Among the epithets: dingir.meš ''na-bu-u-ti'' "Brilliant gods". [Sidersky 1920<ref>''Sidersky M.'' Tablet of Prayers for a King (?) (K.2279) / JRAS. 1920. P. 565-572.</ref>, 569:17, note 5].		Deities-protectors, guardians; mentioned as a pair with DINGIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> 'Standing deities', see previous article. Among the epithets: dingir.meš ''na-bu-u-ti'' "Brilliant gods" [Sidersky 1920<ref>''Sidersky M.'' Tablet of Prayers for a King (?) (K.2279) / JRAS. 1920. P. 565-572.</ref>, 569:17, note 5].

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	[[File:MULAPIN-circPol smh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|A suggestion for identification of the constellations in the circumpolar area of the Mesopotamian star heaven; draft in Stellarium as drawn in Stellarium (2025). The identifications of the Heir and the Yoke are rather uncertain (180° uncertainty; they can also be at the opposite position).]]		[[File:MULAPIN-circPol smh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|A suggestion for identification of the constellations in the circumpolar area of the Mesopotamian star heaven; draft in Stellarium as drawn in Stellarium (2025). The identifications of the Heir and the Yoke are rather uncertain (180° uncertainty; they can also be at the opposite position).]]
	<sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.KU.A<sup>meš</sup> (𒀯𒀭𒆪𒀀𒈨𒌍), The Sitting Gods, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism or a group of asterisms.		<sup>mul</sup>DINGIR.KU.A<sup>meš</sup> (𒀯𒀭𒆪𒀀𒈨𒌍), The Sitting Gods, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism or a group of asterisms.

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	===Additional===		===Additional===

	==== ~~II.~~ Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	Deities-protectors, guardians; mentioned as a pair with DINGIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> 'Standing deities', see previous article. Among the epithets: dingir.meš ''na-bu-u-ti'' "Brilliant gods". [Sidersky 1920<ref>''Sidersky M.'' Tablet of Prayers for a King (?) (K.2279) / JRAS. 1920. P. 565-572.</ref>, 569:17, note 5].		Deities-protectors, guardians; mentioned as a pair with DINGIR.GUB.BA<sup>meš</sup> 'Standing deities', see previous article. Among the epithets: dingir.meš ''na-bu-u-ti'' "Brilliant gods". [Sidersky 1920<ref>''Sidersky M.'' Tablet of Prayers for a King (?) (K.2279) / JRAS. 1920. P. 565-572.</ref>, 569:17, note 5].

	==== ~~III.~~ Symbol. ====		==== Symbol. ====
	Description in VAT 9428 r. 12: 9 MUL.MEŠ DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> "9 stars, Sitting Gods" [Weidner 1927<ref name=":5">''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref>, 75-76; Beaulieu et al., 2018<ref name=":1" />, 23, 25, Section IX].		Description in VAT 9428 r. 12: 9 MUL.MEŠ DINGIR.TUŠ.A<sup>meš</sup> "9 stars, Sitting Gods" [Weidner 1927<ref name=":5">''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref>, 75-76; Beaulieu et al., 2018<ref name=":1" />, 23, 25, Section IX].

	==== ~~IV.~~ Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification. ====
	= "perhaps, the stars in the front part of the Serpent, in the southern part of Hercules, and in the northwestern part of Ophiuchus." [Weidner 1927<ref name=":5" />, 84; Gössmann<ref name=":0" /> 28];		= "perhaps, the stars in the front part of the Serpent, in the southern part of Hercules, and in the northwestern part of Ophiuchus." [Weidner 1927<ref name=":5" />, 84; Gössmann<ref name=":0" /> 28];