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	* 1) the deity of the constellation <sup>mul</sup> [[ḪUN.GA2\|<sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] "Hired worker" (see h12);		* 1) the deity of the constellation <sup>mul</sup> [[ḪUN.GA2\|<sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] "Hired worker" (see h12);
	* 2) a planet, possibly Saturn.		* 2) a planet, possibly Saturn.
	Dumuzi/Tammuz is the mythical lover of Inanna/Ištar, imagined as a shepherd; as her substitute, he has to spend part of the year in the netherworld.<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> <sup>d</sup>DUMU.ZI (~~AN 4r~~).		Dumuzi/Tammuz is the mythical lover of Inanna/Ištar, imagined as a shepherd; as her substitute, he has to spend part of the year in the netherworld.<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> <sup>d</sup>DUMU.ZI (Anu, line 4, right).
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	* (1) <sup>mul</sup>dumu.[zi] = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ištaran'') "Dumuzi = Ištaran",		* (1)
	* (2) <sup>ul</sup>sig<sub>7</sub> = <sup>d</sup>dumu.zi "Green-yellow star = Dumuzi" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:82, 171].		** <sup>mul</sup>dumu.[zi] = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ištaran'')
			** "Dumuzi = Ištaran",
			* (2)
			** <sup>ul</sup>sig<sub>7</sub> = <sup>d</sup>dumu.zi
			** "Green-yellow star = Dumuzi"
			[Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:82, 171].
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	An extispicy involving correspondences between the liver fragments, deities, months and stars:		An extispicy involving correspondences between the liver fragments, deities, months and stars:

	* NA // <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> // <sup>iti</sup>BARA<sub>2</sub> [<sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>] / <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi ... "'The Station' - Enlil; Nisanu; [Hired Man], Dumuzi". [SpTU IV<ref>''URUK. Špätbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadrat U 18''. Teil IV / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Mainz am Rhein, 1993.</ref>, 159:1-2]; here Dumuzi appears to correspond to <sup>mul lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> [Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 78].		* NA // <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> // <sup>iti</sup>BARA<sub>2</sub> [<sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>] / <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi ...
			* "'The Station' - Enlil; Nisanu; [Hired Man], Dumuzi".
			[SpTU IV<ref>''URUK. Špätbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadrat U 18''. Teil IV / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Mainz am Rhein, 1993.</ref>, 159:1-2]; here Dumuzi appears to correspond to <sup>mul lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> [Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 78].
	\|[[File:Psc+ari+aqr+and.jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images\|thumb\|Dumuzi, the shepherd god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu(m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea. Drawings by Robert Perdok and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016, CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium.]]		\|[[File:Psc+ari+aqr+and.jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images\|thumb\|Dumuzi, the shepherd god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu(m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea. Drawings by Robert Perdok and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016, CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium.]]
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			[[File:6c-Dumuzi-feeding-his-flock-1.jpg\|thumb\|Dumuzi as shepherd / herdsman feeding his flock ([http://www.mesopotamiangods.com/dumuzi-the-shepherd-son-to-enki-ninsun/ src])]]
	[[File:Ama usumgal Dumuzi et quatre quadrupèdes.jpg\|thumb\|A bull man attacks four quadrupeds. We see the inscription Ama-Ushumgal (𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ''dama-ušumgal''), namesake of the mythical king or shepherd Dumuzi. Archaic dynasty II (CC0)]]		[[File:Ama usumgal Dumuzi et quatre quadrupèdes.jpg\|thumb\|A bull man attacks four quadrupeds. We see the inscription Ama-Ushumgal (𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ''dama-ušumgal''), namesake of the mythical king or shepherd Dumuzi. Archaic dynasty II (CC0)]]
	~~[[File:ALT 03 lohnarbeiter bab bbb.png\|thumb\|Dumuzi as shepherd (CC BY R. Perdok, LWL Planetarium Münster).]]~~
	<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).		<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).

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	* In the list of planets(?) on the third place: <sup>mul d</sup>DUMU.ZI [KUB<ref>''Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi'' (''Berlin''). KBo</ref> IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985<ref>''K. van der Toorn.'' Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia. A Comparative Study. Maastricht, Van Gorcum, 1985.</ref>, 129:43]. <nowiki>[[add new edition??]]</nowiki>		* In the list of planets(?) on the third place: <sup>mul d</sup>DUMU.ZI [KUB<ref>''Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi'' (''Berlin''). KBo</ref> IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985<ref>''K. van der Toorn.'' Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia. A Comparative Study. Maastricht, Van Gorcum, 1985.</ref>, 129:43]. <nowiki>[[add new edition??]]</nowiki>
	\|[[File:~~Psc+ari+aqr+and~~.~~jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images~~\|thumb\|Dumuzi~~, the~~ shepherd ~~god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu~~(~~m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea~~. ~~Drawings by Robert~~ Perdok ~~and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016~~, ~~CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium~~.]]		\|[[File:ALT 03 lohnarbeiter bab bbb.png\|thumb\|Dumuzi as shepherd (CC BY R. Perdok, LWL Planetarium Münster).]]
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	* NA // <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> // <sup>iti</sup>BARA<sub>2</sub> [<sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>] / <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi ... "'The Station' - Enlil; Nisanu; [Hired Man], Dumuzi". [SpTU IV<ref>''URUK. Špätbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadrat U 18''. Teil IV / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Mainz am Rhein, 1993.</ref>, 159:1-2]; here Dumuzi appears to correspond to <sup>mul lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> [Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 78].		* NA // <sup>d</sup>''En-lil''<sub>2</sub> // <sup>iti</sup>BARA<sub>2</sub> [<sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>] / <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi ... "'The Station' - Enlil; Nisanu; [Hired Man], Dumuzi". [SpTU IV<ref>''URUK. Špätbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadrat U 18''. Teil IV / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Mainz am Rhein, 1993.</ref>, 159:1-2]; here Dumuzi appears to correspond to <sup>mul lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> [Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 78].
	\|		\|[[File:Psc+ari+aqr+and.jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images\|thumb\|Dumuzi, the shepherd god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu(m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea. Drawings by Robert Perdok and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016, CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium.]]
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	* In the list of Anu stars: <sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi "Hired Man, Dumuzi" (I i 43) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 30]; for a parallel see [STC 1<ref>''King L.W.'' The Seven Tablets of Creation. Vol. I-II. London, 1902.</ref>, 217:9; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 112].		* In the list of Anu stars:
			** <sup>mul</sup> <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>Dumu-zi
			** "Hired Man, Dumuzi" (I i 43)
			* [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 30]; for a parallel see [STC 1<ref>''King L.W.'' The Seven Tablets of Creation. Vol. I-II. London, 1902.</ref>, 217:9; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 112].
	\|[[File:Dumuzi+Innana stellarium-001.jpg\|alt=star chart with images\|thumb\|Hired Man (Dumuzi) and goddess Anunitu(m) in Stellarium (2021). Jessica Gullberg's modern interpretation of the celestial divine couple (CC BY). ]]		\|[[File:Dumuzi+Innana stellarium-001.jpg\|alt=star chart with images\|thumb\|Hired Man (Dumuzi) and goddess Anunitu(m) in Stellarium (2021). Jessica Gullberg's modern interpretation of the celestial divine couple (CC BY). ]]
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	==== ~~II.~~ Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	The mythological basis explaining the connection of Dumuzi with the constellation Hired-Worker is unclear. It is likely that the role of Dumuzi, as a shepherd of Anu, probably mattered. On the identification of Dumuzi with Ištaran see [Livingstone 1986<ref>''Livingstone A.'' Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford, 1986.</ref>, 137]. On Dumuzi as a reborn lunar month see [Foxvog 1993<ref>''Foxvog D.A.'' Astral Dumuzi / Near Eastern Studies in Honor of W.W.Hallo. Bethesda, MD, 1993.</ref>].		The mythological basis explaining the connection of Dumuzi with the constellation Hired-Worker is unclear. It is likely that the role of Dumuzi, as a shepherd of Anu, probably mattered. On the identification of Dumuzi with Ištaran see [Livingstone 1986<ref>''Livingstone A.'' Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford, 1986.</ref>, 137]. On Dumuzi as a reborn lunar month see [Foxvog 1993<ref>''Foxvog D.A.'' Astral Dumuzi / Near Eastern Studies in Honor of W.W.Hallo. Bethesda, MD, 1993.</ref>].

	==== ~~III.~~ Symbol. ====		==== Symbol. ====
	During the second half of the first millennium BC, the figure of the constellation Hired-worker was considered a ram, see (Kurtik h12) [[ḪUN.GA2\|<sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]].		During the second half of the first millennium BC, the figure of the constellation Hired-worker was considered a ram, see (Kurtik h12) [[ḪUN.GA2\|<sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]].

	==== ~~IV.~~ Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification. ====
	As a constellation:		As a constellation:

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	[[File:Ama usumgal Dumuzi et quatre quadrupèdes.jpg\|thumb\|A bull man attacks four quadrupeds. We see the inscription Ama-Ushumgal (𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ''dama-ušumgal''), namesake of the mythical king or shepherd Dumuzi. Archaic dynasty II (CC0)]]		[[File:Ama usumgal Dumuzi et quatre quadrupèdes.jpg\|thumb\|A bull man attacks four quadrupeds. We see the inscription Ama-Ushumgal (𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ''dama-ušumgal''), namesake of the mythical king or shepherd Dumuzi. Archaic dynasty II (CC0)]]
			[[File:ALT 03 lohnarbeiter bab bbb.png\|thumb\|Dumuzi as shepherd (CC BY R. Perdok, LWL Planetarium Münster).]]
	<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).		<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).

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			[[File:Ama usumgal Dumuzi et quatre quadrupèdes.jpg\|thumb\|A bull man attacks four quadrupeds. We see the inscription Ama-Ushumgal (𒀭𒂼𒃲𒁔 ''dama-ušumgal''), namesake of the mythical king or shepherd Dumuzi. Archaic dynasty II (CC0)]]
	<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).		<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love Inanna = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).		<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[INANNA\|Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).

	==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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	[[File:Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi.png\|thumb\|An ancient Sumerian depiction of the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzid (public domain).'''''??? they may be a human couple as they have no horned crown ???''''']]		<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love Inanna = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).
	<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI (𒀯𒌉𒍣) is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love [[Inanna]] = [[Ištar]] who is identified with Venus. The writing with both the star determinative, <sup>mul</sup>DUMU.ZI is attested in "The Great Star List," here identified with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for the planets, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|mul lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2\|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man' (Kurtik, h12).

	==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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	* In the list of planets(?) on the third place: <sup>mul d</sup>DUMU.ZI [KUB<ref>''Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi'' (''Berlin''). KBo</ref> IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985<ref>''K. van der Toorn.'' Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia. A Comparative Study. Maastricht, Van Gorcum, 1985.</ref>, 129:43].		* In the list of planets(?) on the third place: <sup>mul d</sup>DUMU.ZI [KUB<ref>''Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi'' (''Berlin''). KBo</ref> IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985<ref>''K. van der Toorn.'' Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia. A Comparative Study. Maastricht, Van Gorcum, 1985.</ref>, 129:43]. <nowiki>[[add new edition??]]</nowiki>
	\|[[File:Psc+ari+aqr+and.jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images\|thumb\|Dumuzi, the shepherd god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu(m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea. Drawings by Robert Perdok and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016, CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium.]]		\|[[File:Psc+ari+aqr+and.jpg\|alt=star chart with constellation images\|thumb\|Dumuzi, the shepherd god, as Hired Man, as lover of Inanna who is depicted in the constellation Anunitu(m); both east of the One Field-constellation (IKU), and north of the Swallow SIM.MAH and the giant, GU.LA, the god Enki/Ea. Drawings by Robert Perdok and Susanne M Hoffmann 2016, CC-BY, mapped in Stellarium.]]
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	\|[[File:Dumuzi+Innana stellarium-001.jpg\|alt=star chart with images\|thumb\|Hired Man (Dumuzi) and goddess Anunitu(m) in Stellarium (2021). Jessica Gullberg's modern interpretation of the celestial divine couple (CC BY). ]]		\|[[File:Dumuzi+Innana stellarium-001.jpg\|alt=star chart with images\|thumb\|Hired Man (Dumuzi) and goddess Anunitu(m) in Stellarium (2021). Jessica Gullberg's modern interpretation of the celestial divine couple (CC BY). ]]
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and ~~Miscellenea~~".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''
	* (1) <sup>mul</sup>dumu.[zi] = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ištaran'') "Dumuzi = Ištaran",		* (1) <sup>mul</sup>dumu.[zi] = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ištaran'') "Dumuzi = Ištaran",
	* (2) <sup>ul</sup>sig<sub>7</sub> = <sup>d</sup>dumu.zi "Green-yellow star = Dumuzi" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:82, 171].		* (2) <sup>ul</sup>sig<sub>7</sub> = <sup>d</sup>dumu.zi "Green-yellow star = Dumuzi" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:82, 171].