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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for the bright star [[Vega]], the fifth brightest star in the sky (also over Ancient Mesopotamia), located in [[Lyra]]. The name 'Lady of Life' serves only as a name for this star or as a single-star asterism and not as a constellation name.

	==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>==
	= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].		= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].
	==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>==
	= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].		= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].

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	See. [~~LABS~~<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81:3, 240:9].		See. [SAA 10<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81:3, 240:9].
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	==== Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [~~LABS~~<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [~~LABS~~<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian Scholars. Pt. II.: Commentary and appendices. Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer, 1983.</ref>: 177-178].		<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [SAA 10<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [SAA 10<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian Scholars. Pt. II.: Commentary and appendices. Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer, 1983.</ref>: 177-178].

	==== Identification. ====		==== Identification. ====
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	I. Источники.		I. Источники.

	«Письма». См. [~~LABS~~, 81:3, 240:9]. Списки ziqpu-звезд. (1) AO 6478: a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) \| 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(= ina qaqqari) \| 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=ina šamê) \| TA <sup>mul</sup>DILI \| EN <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN «1⅔ мины веса, 100 на земле, 18000 миль на небе / От Отдельной звезды до Владычицы Жизни», b) 3⅓ MA.NA MIN \| ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN \| 36 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN \| EN ku-ma-ri ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DUḪ.A «3⅓ мины веса, 200 на земле, 36000 миль на небе / От Владычицы Жизни до плеча Демона с Разинутою Пастью» [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:15–18; TU, 21:15–18; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228–229]; параллель см. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:6–7]. (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na <sup>mul</sup>[GAŠAN TIN] «100 до [Владычицы Жизни]» [Schaumberger 1952, 224–225:2]. (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>GAŠAN.TIN // 3 // 3 IGI 6 ME KUŠ<sub>3</sub> «Владычица Жизни // 3 (звезды) // 3600 локтей» [Schaumberger 1952, 226–227:24]. (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ana <sup>mul</sup>˹GAŠAN TIN˺ «100 до Владычицы жизни» [Horowitz–al-Rawi 2001, 171–173:7]; параллель см. в BM 61677: 10 UŠ a-na be-l[e-et ba-la-ṭi…] [ibid., 180:4′]. Kалендарь ежедневных восходов и заходов ziqpu-звезд. См. [Schaumberger 1955, 247–251]. GU-текст. (Т) <sup>mul</sup>zubi ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> «Посох(?) Козы» (ziqpu VII: α Lyr) [Pingree–Walker 1988, BM 78161:31]; согласно [Koch 1992, 60], <sup>mul</sup>zubi ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> — η Lyr, см. u31UZ<sub>3</sub>. LBAT 1502. […] u <sup>múl</sup>P[a-bi]l-sag MUL<sub>2</sub> AN.TA.GUB \| <sup>d</sup>be-let TIN ana ziq-pi [...] «[…] и П[аби]лсаг — звезда Антагуб. Владычица Жизни кульминирует […]» [Donbaz–Koch 1995, 76: i 14, ii 13]. Поздняя астрология, магия и календарь. Экстиспиция, включающая соответствие между фрагментами печени, божествами, месяцами и звездами: MAŠ<sub>2</sub> d[…<sup>iti</sup>A]B <sup>[mu]l</sup>GAŠAN.TIN «Ягненок — […]; тебету; Владычица жизни» [SpTU IV, 159:18; Reiner 1995, 78]. См. также U.197 obv. 6ʹ: <sup>múl</sup>gašan.tin […] [Sachs 1952, 75].		«Письма». См. [SAA 10, 81:3, 240:9]. Списки ziqpu-звезд. (1) AO 6478: a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) \| 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(= ina qaqqari) \| 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=ina šamê) \| TA <sup>mul</sup>DILI \| EN <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN «1⅔ мины веса, 100 на земле, 18000 миль на небе / От Отдельной звезды до Владычицы Жизни», b) 3⅓ MA.NA MIN \| ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN \| 36 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN \| EN ku-ma-ri ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DUḪ.A «3⅓ мины веса, 200 на земле, 36000 миль на небе / От Владычицы Жизни до плеча Демона с Разинутою Пастью» [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:15–18; TU, 21:15–18; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228–229]; параллель см. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:6–7]. (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na <sup>mul</sup>[GAŠAN TIN] «100 до [Владычицы Жизни]» [Schaumberger 1952, 224–225:2]. (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>GAŠAN.TIN // 3 // 3 IGI 6 ME KUŠ<sub>3</sub> «Владычица Жизни // 3 (звезды) // 3600 локтей» [Schaumberger 1952, 226–227:24]. (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ana <sup>mul</sup>˹GAŠAN TIN˺ «100 до Владычицы жизни» [Horowitz–al-Rawi 2001, 171–173:7]; параллель см. в BM 61677: 10 UŠ a-na be-l[e-et ba-la-ṭi…] [ibid., 180:4′]. Kалендарь ежедневных восходов и заходов ziqpu-звезд. См. [Schaumberger 1955, 247–251]. GU-текст. (Т) <sup>mul</sup>zubi ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> «Посох(?) Козы» (ziqpu VII: α Lyr) [Pingree–Walker 1988, BM 78161:31]; согласно [Koch 1992, 60], <sup>mul</sup>zubi ša<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> — η Lyr, см. u31UZ<sub>3</sub>. LBAT 1502. […] u <sup>múl</sup>P[a-bi]l-sag MUL<sub>2</sub> AN.TA.GUB \| <sup>d</sup>be-let TIN ana ziq-pi [...] «[…] и П[аби]лсаг — звезда Антагуб. Владычица Жизни кульминирует […]» [Donbaz–Koch 1995, 76: i 14, ii 13]. Поздняя астрология, магия и календарь. Экстиспиция, включающая соответствие между фрагментами печени, божествами, месяцами и звездами: MAŠ<sub>2</sub> d[…<sup>iti</sup>A]B <sup>[mu]l</sup>GAŠAN.TIN «Ягненок — […]; тебету; Владычица жизни» [SpTU IV, 159:18; Reiner 1995, 78]. См. также U.197 obv. 6ʹ: <sup>múl</sup>gašan.tin […] [Sachs 1952, 75].

	II. Божество.		II. Божество.

	<sup>d</sup>bēlet balāṭi ― эпитет Дамкины [Tallqvist 1938, 57–58], которая, по-видимому, отождествлялась со звездой Вега. Ее появления наблюдали регулярно в новоассирийский период: […] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (глосса: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>be-let TI.LA / an-nu-ti / pa-ni-u<sub>2</sub>-ti / ša ina pa-ni-ti / in-na-me-ru-ni «[...] (звезды) Сириус, Антарес, Вега ― те, что первыми стали уже видны» [~~LABS~~, 81: 1'–6', e. 7']. В связи с лунным затмением перед Вегой наряду с другими светилами совершали ритуал «Воздевания рук» (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [~~LABS~~, 240:9]; см. также [LAS 2, 177–178].		<sup>d</sup>bēlet balāṭi ― эпитет Дамкины [Tallqvist 1938, 57–58], которая, по-видимому, отождествлялась со звездой Вега. Ее появления наблюдали регулярно в новоассирийский период: […] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (глосса: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>be-let TI.LA / an-nu-ti / pa-ni-u<sub>2</sub>-ti / ša ina pa-ni-ti / in-na-me-ru-ni «[...] (звезды) Сириус, Антарес, Вега ― те, что первыми стали уже видны» [SAA 10, 81: 1'–6', e. 7']. В связи с лунным затмением перед Вегой наряду с другими светилами совершали ритуал «Воздевания рук» (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [SAA 10, 240:9]; см. также [LAS 2, 177–178].

	III. Отождествление.		III. Отождествление.

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	==== Identification. ====		==== Identification. ====
	= α Lyrae (Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68; Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; ~~ASM~~<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 86];		= α Lyrae (Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68; 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-Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 86];

	= η Lyrae [Koch 1992<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Sternenkatalog BM 78161 // WO. 1992. Bd. 23. S. 39-67.</ref>, 60];		= η Lyrae [Koch 1992<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Sternenkatalog BM 78161 // WO. 1992. Bd. 23. S. 39-67.</ref>, 60];

	= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (according to VAT 16436:24) [~~ASM~~<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 89].		= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (according to VAT 16436:24) [Hunger-Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 89].

	==Historical Dictionaries==		==Historical Dictionaries==
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	\|= <sup>mul</sup>bēlet balāṭi «Владычица жизни»; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Вега) [G. 68].		\|= <sup>mul</sup>bēlet balāṭi «Владычица жизни»; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Вега) [Gössmann 1950, 68].
	I. Источники.		I. Источники.

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	III. Отождествление.		III. Отождествление.

	= α Lyrae (Вега) [G. 68; Schaumberger 1952, 229; ~~ASM~~, 86];		= α Lyrae (Вега) [Gössmann 1950, 68; Schaumberger 1952, 229; Hunger-Pingree 1999, 86];

	= η Lyrae [Koch 1992, 60];		= η Lyrae [Koch 1992, 60];

	= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (в соответствии с VAT 16436:24) [~~ASM~~, 89].		= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (в соответствии с VAT 16436:24) [Hunger-Pingree 1999, 89].
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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}
			Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].
	==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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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}
	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	~~===Kurtik with Hilder~~, ~~Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=~~==
	= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].		= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].

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

	==== ~~II.~~ Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian Scholars. Pt. II.: Commentary and appendices. Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer, 1983.</ref>: 177-178].		<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian Scholars. Pt. II.: Commentary and appendices. Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer, 1983.</ref>: 177-178].

	==== ~~III.~~ Identification. ====		==== Identification. ====
	= α Lyrae (Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68; Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 86];		= α Lyrae (Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68; Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 86];

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [G. 68].		= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68].

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	See. [LABS, 81:3, 240:9].		See. [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81:3, 240:9].
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	* (1) AO 6478:		* (1) AO 6478:
	** a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=''šuqultu'') \| 10 UŠ ''i-na'' KI.MIN(= ''ina qaqqari'') \| 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=''ina šamê'') \| TA <sup>mul</sup>DILI \| EN <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN "1⅔ mins weight, 100 on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / from the Separate star to the Lady of Life,"		** a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=''šuqultu'') \| 10 UŠ ''i-na'' KI.MIN(= ''ina qaqqari'') \| 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=''ina šamê'') \| TA <sup>mul</sup>DILI \| EN <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN "1⅔ mins weight, 100 on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / from the Separate star to the Lady of Life,"
	** b) 3⅓ MA. NA MIN \| ⅔ DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN \| 36 IGI DANNA ''ina'' KI.MIN \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN \| EN ''ku-ma-ri ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DUḪ.A "3⅓ mins weight, 200 on earth, 36000 miles in the sky / From the Lady of Life to the shoulder of the Demon with the Gaping Mouth". [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:15-18; TU, 21:15-18; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228-229]; for a parallel see. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:6-7].		** b) 3⅓ MA. NA MIN \| ⅔ DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN \| 36 IGI DANNA ''ina'' KI.MIN \| TA <sup>mul</sup>GAŠAN.TIN \| EN ''ku-ma-ri ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DUḪ.A "3⅓ mins weight, 200 on earth, 36000 miles in the sky / From the Lady of Life to the shoulder of the Demon with the Gaping Mouth". [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:15-18; TU<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F''. Tablettes d’Uruk. Paris, 1922 (= TCL 6).</ref>, 21:15-18; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 132; Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 228-229]; for a parallel see. [CT<ref>''Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.''</ref> 26, 50, K. 9794:6-7].
	* (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>[GAŠAN TIN] "100 to [the Lady of Life]." [Schaumberger 1952, 224-225:2].		* (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>[GAŠAN TIN] "100 to [the Lady of Life]." [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 224-225:2].
	* (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>GAŠAN.TIN // 3 // 3 IGI 6 ME KUŠ<sub>3</sub> "Lord of Life // 3 (stars) // 3600 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952, 226-227:24].		* (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>GAŠAN.TIN // 3 // 3 IGI 6 ME KUŠ<sub>3</sub> "Lord of Life // 3 (stars) // 3600 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 226-227:24].
	* (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>˹GAŠAN TIN˺ "100 to the Lord of Life". [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001, 171-173:7]; for a parallel see BM 61677: 10 UŠ ''a-na be-l''[''e-et ba-la-ṭi''...] [ibid., 180:4′].		* (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>˹GAŠAN TIN˺ "100 to the Lord of Life". [Horowitz-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>, 171-173:7]; for a parallel see BM 61677: 10 UŠ ''a-na be-l''[''e-et ba-la-ṭi''...] [ibid.<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>, 180:4′].
	* '''(5) LBAT 1502.'''		* '''(5) LBAT 1502.'''
	** [...] ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''P''[''a-bi'']''l-sag'' MUL<sub>2</sub> AN.TA.GUB \| <sup>d</sup>''be-let'' TIN ''ana ziq-pi'' [...]		** [...] ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''P''[''a-bi'']''l-sag'' MUL<sub>2</sub> AN.TA.GUB \| <sup>d</sup>''be-let'' TIN ''ana ziq-pi'' [...]
	** "[...] and P[abi]lsag is the star Antagub. The Lady of Life culminates [...]" [Donbaz-Koch 1995, 76: i 14, ii 13].		** "[...] and P[abi]lsag is the star Antagub. The Lady of Life culminates [...]" [Donbaz-Koch 1995<ref>''Donbaz V., Koch J.'' Ein Astrolab der dritten Generation: Nv. 10 // JCS. 1995. Vol. 47. P. 63-83.</ref>, 76: i 14, ii 13].
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	\|'''Calendar of daily risings and settings of the ziqpu-stars.'''		\|'''Calendar of daily risings and settings of the ziqpu-stars.'''
	See. [Schaumberger 1955, 247-251].		See. [Schaumberger 1955<ref>''Schaumberger J.'' Anaphora und Aufgangskalender in neuen Ziqpu-Texten // ZA. 1955. Bd. 55 (N.F. 17). S. 237-251.</ref>, 247-251].
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	* (T) <sup>mul</sup>zubi ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> "Staff(?) of the Goat" (ziqpu VII: α Lyr) [Pingree-Walker 1988, BM 78161:31]; according to [Koch 1992, 60], <sup>mul</sup>zubi ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> is η Lyr, see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3\|UZ<sub>3</sub>]].		* (T) <sup>mul</sup>zubi ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> "Staff(?) of the Goat" (ziqpu VII: α Lyr) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:31]; according to [Koch 1992<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Sternenkatalog BM 78161 // WO. 1992. Bd. 23. S. 39-67.</ref>, 60], <sup>mul</sup>zubi ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> is η Lyr, see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3\|UZ<sub>3</sub>]].
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	* MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>[...<sup>iti</sup>A]B <sup>[mu]l</sup>GAŠAN.TIN		* MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>[...<sup>iti</sup>A]B <sup>[mu]l</sup>GAŠAN.TIN "The lamb is [...]; tebet; the Lady of Life". [SpTU IV<ref>''URUK. Špätbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadrat U 18''. Teil IV / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Mainz am Rhein, 1993.</ref>, 159:18; Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 78].
	* The lamb is [...]; tebet; the Lady of Life". [SpTU IV, 159:18; Reiner 1995, 78].

	See also U.197 obv. 6ʹ: <sup>múl</sup>gašan.tin [...] [Sachs 1952, 75].		See also U.197 obv. 6ʹ: <sup>múl</sup>gašan.tin [...] [Sachs 1952<ref>''Sachs A.'' Babylonian Horoscopes // JCS. 1952. V. 6. P. 49-75.</ref>, 75].
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	==== II. Deity. ====		==== II. Deity. ====
	<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [LABS, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [LABS, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2: 177-178].		<sup>d</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' — an epithet of Damkina [Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 57-58] who seems to have been identified with the star Vega. Its appearances were observed regularly in the Neo-Assyrian period: [...] <sup>mul</sup>GAG.SI.SA<sub>2</sub> / <sup>mul</sup>LI<sub>9</sub>.SI<sub>4</sub> (glossary: li-si) / <sup>mul</sup>''be-let'' TI.LA / ''an-nu-ti'' / ''pa-ni-u''<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' / ''ša ina pa-ni-ti'' / ''in-na-me-ru-ni'' "[...] (stars) Sirius, Antares, Vega — those are the first ones that already became visible" [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 81: 1'-6', e. 7']. In connection with the lunar eclipse in front of Vega, in addition to other luminaries, there was the ritual of the "lending of the hands" (ŠU.IL<sub>2</sub>.LA<sub>2</sub>.KAM) [LABS<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).</ref>, 240: 9]; see also [LAS 2<ref>''Parpola S.'' Letters from Assyrian Scholars. Pt. II.: Commentary and appendices. Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer, 1983.</ref>: 177-178].

	==== III. Identification. ====		==== III. Identification. ====
	= α Lyrae (Vega) [G. 68; Schaumberger 1952, 229; ASM, 86];		= α Lyrae (Vega) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 68; Schaumberger 1952<ref>''Schaumberger J. ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 229; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 86];

	= η Lyrae [Koch 1992, 60];		= η Lyrae [Koch 1992<ref>''Koch J.'' Der Sternenkatalog BM 78161 // WO. 1992. Bd. 23. S. 39-67.</ref>, 60];

	= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (according to VAT 16436:24) [ASM, 89].		= α, ε, ζ Lyrae (according to VAT 16436:24) [ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 89].

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

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN, <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi''}}
	<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].		<sup>mul / d</sup>GAŠAN.TIN (𒀯𒃽𒁷) = <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'', 'The Lady of Life,' a name for [[Vega]].
	==~~Dictionary~~==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [G. 68].		= <sup>mul</sup>''bēlet balāṭi'' "Lady of life"; = ziqpu VII (α Lyrae, Vega) [G. 68].