Erragal - Revision history

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	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]		[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]		[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]

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			Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]		[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).		<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).

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	* ''Irragal''; = "Great Erra"; deity of plague and death, one of the names of Nergal.		* ''Irragal''; = "Great Erra"; deity of plague and death, one of the names of Nergal.

	In astronomical texts it is paired with <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and identified with a star in the constellation ~~Lyrae~~ (ζ Lyrae) [Gössmann <ref>Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 125; Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 329, 402].		In astronomical texts it is paired with <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and identified with a star in the constellation Lyra (ζ Lyrae) [Gössmann <ref>Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 125; Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 329, 402].

	==== Sources and Identification(s) ====		==== Sources and Identification(s) ====
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	\|'''MUL.APIN.'''		\|'''MUL.APIN.'''
	* List of the stars of Enlil (no. 26):		* List of the stars of Enlil (no. 26):
	** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''		** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-gal
	** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): ~~Ninsar~~ and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].		** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): NinSAR and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].
	\|[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium, sky culture "MUL.APIN".]]		\|[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium, sky culture "MUL.APIN".]]
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and ~~Miscellenia~~.'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenea.'''
	* 7 pairs of celestial Twins:		* 7 pairs of celestial Twins:
	* <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal paired with <sup>mul</sup>nin.mu<sub>2</sub> [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:233]; for a parallel see. [KAR<ref>''Ebeling E.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Bd. I-II. Leipzig 1919, 1920.</ref>, 142 i 33].		* <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal paired with <sup>mul</sup>nin.mu<sub>2</sub> [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:233]; for a parallel see. [KAR<ref>''Ebeling E.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Bd. I-II. Leipzig 1919, 1920.</ref>, 142 i 33].
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	\|'''List of stars V R 46, 1:18.'''		\|'''List of stars V R 46, 1:18.'''
	* <sup>mul</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra-gal'' = <sup>d</sup>U.GUR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''		* <sup>mul</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra-gal'' = <sup>d</sup>U.GUR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''
	* "Ninsar and Erragal = Nergal and ~~Ahbitum~~" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51; 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].		* "Ninsar and Erragal = Nergal and Aḫbitum" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51; 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].
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	==== II. Deity. ====		==== II. Deity. ====
	The list of gods AN:<sup>d</sup>''Anum'' (I 332) identifies Erragal as the husband of <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and is identified with Nergal [Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60 + note 332, 200:10-11 + note 10]. In contrast, in the VR 46 ~~list~~, 1:18, <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR is (erroneously?) associated with Nergal and Erragal with the unknown deity <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''. In the Great Star List and ~~Miscellenia~~, the names of the two gods are included in the list of celestial twins (see above).		The list of gods AN:<sup>d</sup>''Anum'' (I 332) identifies Erragal as the husband of <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and is identified with Nergal [Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60 + note 332, 200:10-11 + note 10]. In contrast, in the list VR 46, 1:18, <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR is (erroneously?) associated with Nergal and Erragal with the unknown deity <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''. In the Great Star List and Miscellenea, the names of the two gods are included in the list of celestial twins (see above).

	==== III. Identification. ====		==== III. Identification. ====

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	[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]		[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).		<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	~~===Kurtik with Hilder~~, ~~Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=~~==
	Var. readings:		Var. readings:

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	** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''		** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''
	** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].		** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].
	\|[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium.]]		\|[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium, sky culture "MUL.APIN".]]
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''

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	** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''		** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''
	** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].		** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].
	\|~~Example~~		\|[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium.]]
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''

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			[[File:NIN-SAR+Erragal stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|NIN.SAR and Erragal mapped in Stellarium (CC BY SMH).]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).		<sup>d</sup>''Erragal'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏𒃲) is a star and deity identified with one star of a two-star asterism called 'Twins', [[NIN.SAR]] (see Kurtik n40) and ''Erragal''. Together, they form an asterism in Lyra or its vicinity. ''Erragal'' is normally determined as a deity, but note the writings with the MUL (star) determinative in the Great Star List (GSL 232': D ii’ 12’ MUL.NIN.SAR MUL.''èr-ra-''GAL).
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

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 In astronomical texts it is paired with <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and identified with a star in the constellation Lyrae (ζ Lyrae) [Gössmann <ref>Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 125; Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 329, 402].
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 * "Ninsar and Erragal = Nergal and Ahbitum" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51; 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].
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	* ''Irragal''; = "Great Erra"; deity of plague and death, one of the names of Nergal.		* ''Irragal''; = "Great Erra"; deity of plague and death, one of the names of Nergal.

	In astronomical texts it is paired with <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and identified with a star in the constellation Lyrae (ζ Lyrae) [G. 125; Litke 1998, 60; Tallqvist 1938, 329, 402].		In astronomical texts it is paired with <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and identified with a star in the constellation Lyrae (ζ Lyrae) [Gössmann <ref>Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 125; Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 329, 402].
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	* List of the stars of Enlil (no. 26):		* List of the stars of Enlil (no. 26):
	** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''		** 2 MUL<sup>meš</sup> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB<sup>meš</sup>-''zu'' <sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Er<sub>3-</sub>ra-''gal''
	** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA, 26].		** "Two stars that stand behind him (i.e. behind <sup>d</sup>LAMMA = Vega): Ninsar and Erragal" (I i 27) [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 26].
	\|Example		\|Example
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia.'''
	* 7 pairs of celestial Twins:		* 7 pairs of celestial Twins:
	* <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal paired with <sup>mul</sup>nin.mu<sub>2</sub> [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:233]; for a parallel see. [KAR, 142 i 33].		* <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal paired with <sup>mul</sup>nin.mu<sub>2</sub> [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:233]; for a parallel see. [KAR<ref>''Ebeling E.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Bd. I-II. Leipzig 1919, 1920.</ref>, 142 i 33].
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	\|'''List of stars V R 46, 1:18.'''		\|'''List of stars V R 46, 1:18.'''
	* <sup>mul</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra-gal'' = <sup>d</sup>U.GUR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''		* <sup>mul</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra-gal'' = <sup>d</sup>U.GUR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''
	* "Ninsar and Erragal = Nergal and Ahbitum" [HBA 51; Wee 2016, 162-3].		* "Ninsar and Erragal = Nergal and Ahbitum" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref> 51; 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].
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	==== II. Deity. ====		==== II. Deity. ====
	The list of gods AN:<sup>d</sup>''Anum'' (I 332) identifies Erragal as the husband of <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and is identified with Nergal [Litke 1998, 60 + note 332, 200:10-11 + note 10]. In contrast, in the VR 46 list, 1:18, <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR is (erroneously?) associated with Nergal and Erragal with the unknown deity <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''. In the Great Star List and Miscellenia, the names of the two gods are included in the list of celestial twins (see above).		The list of gods AN:<sup>d</sup>''Anum'' (I 332) identifies Erragal as the husband of <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR and is identified with Nergal [Litke 1998<ref>''Litke R.L''. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:<sup>d</sup>A-nu-um and AN:Anu ša<sub>2</sub> amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).</ref>, 60 + note 332, 200:10-11 + note 10]. In contrast, in the VR 46 list, 1:18, <sup>d</sup>Nin.SAR is (erroneously?) associated with Nergal and Erragal with the unknown deity <sup>d</sup>''Aḫ-bi-tum''. In the Great Star List and Miscellenia, the names of the two gods are included in the list of celestial twins (see above).

	==== III. Identification. ====		==== III. Identification. ====
	<sup>mul</sup>nin.sar and <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal = η + θ Lirae (?) [Weidner 1957-59, 80b].		<sup>mul</sup>nin.sar and <sup>mul</sup>ir<sub>3</sub>.ra.gal = η + θ Lirae (?) [Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 80b].

	<sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Erragal = ε and ζ Lyrae [MA, 138; ASM, 272, 274].		<sup>d</sup>''Nin''-SAR ''u'' <sup>d</sup>Erragal = ε and ζ Lyrae [MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 138; ASM, 272, 274].

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