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	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367. See also (Kurtik p07) [[Buššānītu\|''Buššānītu'']].		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367. See also (Kurtik p07) [[Buššānītu\|''Buššānītu'']].

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	[[File:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]		[[File:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]
	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367. See also Buššānītu.		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367. See also (Kurtik p07) [[Buššānītu\|''Buššānītu'']].

	==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>==
	"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.		"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999<ref>''Reynolds F.'' Stellar Representations of Tiāmat and Qingu in a Learned Calendar Text // RAI. 1999. Vol. 42. P. 369-378.</ref>]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.
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	translation on p. 207		translation on p. 207
	* <s>''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''u bu-uš-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''it-ti lib''<sub>3</sub>''-bi'' mul<sub>2</sub>.meš ''qabû''(E)ú / ''ana muḫ-ḫi'' <sup>mul</sup>''enzi''(uz<sub>3</sub>) ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''pagri''(adda) ''ina lib''<sub>3</sub>-''bi'' <sup>múl</sup>''suḫurmāši''(maš<sub>2</sub>) ''qabi''(dug<sub>4</sub>)bi ''ti-amat u'' <sup>d</sup>''qin-gu'' / ''šu-nu'': ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub>: ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> ''šum''<sub>3</sub>-''šu''<sub>2</sub></s>		* <s>''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''u bu-uš-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''it-ti lib''<sub>3</sub>''-bi'' mul<sub>2</sub>.meš ''qabû''(E)ú / ''ana muḫ-ḫi'' <sup>mul</sup>''enzi''(uz<sub>3</sub>) ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''pagri''(adda) ''ina lib''<sub>3</sub>-''bi'' <sup>múl</sup>''suḫurmāši''(maš<sub>2</sub>) ''qabi''(dug<sub>4</sub>)bi ''ti-amat u'' <sup>d</sup>''qin-gu'' / ''šu-nu'': ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub>: ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> ''šum''<sub>3</sub>-''šu''<sub>2</sub></s>
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	===Additional===		===Additional===
	The word ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub>/''tu''<sub>2</sub> is present only in this text and probably represents the singular feminine gender from the root g/k-z-z "to shear," the same root corresponds to k/gizzu "goat." [AHw, 496b; CAD G, 115]; the etymology ''gizzānītu'' = ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> "enraged Goat" suggested in the text is mistaken [Reynolds 1999, 376].		The word ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub>/''tu''<sub>2</sub> is present only in this text and probably represents the singular feminine gender from the root g/k-z-z "to shear," the same root corresponds to k/gizzu "goat." [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 496b; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> G, 115]; the etymology ''gizzānītu'' = ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> "enraged Goat" suggested in the text is mistaken [Reynolds 1999, 376].

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	[[File:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]		[[File:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]
	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367. See also Buššānītu.

	==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:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]		[[File:Cap Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian Goat-Fish in Capricornus (painted by J. Gullberg 2021 for Stellarium).]]
	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is ~~an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the constellation of [[Capricornus]]; see~~ [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]]		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is a by-name for [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]] (Capricorn) that occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367

	==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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	* ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''u pu-uš-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''it-ti lib''<sub>3</sub>''-bi'' mul<sub>2</sub>.meš ''qabû''(E)ú / ''ana muḫ-ḫi'' <sup>mul</sup>''enzi''(uz<sub>3</sub>) ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''pagri''(adda) ''ina lib''<sub>3</sub>-''bi'' <sup>múl</sup>''suḫurmāši''(maš<sub>2</sub>) ''qabi''(dug<sub>4</sub>)bi ''ti-amat u'' <sup>d</sup>''qin-gu'' / ''šu-nu'': ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub>: ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> ''šum''<sub>3</sub>-''šu''<sub>2</sub>		translation on p. 207
	** "Gizzanitu and Pushshanitu, which (are numbered) among the stars; so they say, implying the (constellation) Goat and (constellation) Deadman within (the constellation) Goat-Fish. This is Tiamat and Kingu. His name is Gizzanitu, (which means) Enraged Goat." [STC II, Pl. LXX:8-10; Reynolds 1999, 370-371].		* <s>''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''u bu-uš-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-ni-tu''<sub>4</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''it-ti lib''<sub>3</sub>''-bi'' mul<sub>2</sub>.meš ''qabû''(E)ú / ''ana muḫ-ḫi'' <sup>mul</sup>''enzi''(uz<sub>3</sub>) ''u'' <sup>múl</sup>''pagri''(adda) ''ina lib''<sub>3</sub>-''bi'' <sup>múl</sup>''suḫurmāši''(maš<sub>2</sub>) ''qabi''(dug<sub>4</sub>)bi ''ti-amat u'' <sup>d</sup>''qin-gu'' / ''šu-nu'': ''gi-iz-za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub>: ''ki-iz za-ni-tu''<sub>2</sub> ''šum''<sub>3</sub>-''šu''<sub>2</sub></s>
			** <s>"Gizzanitu and Pushshanitu, which (are numbered) among the stars; so they say, implying the (constellation) Goat and (constellation) Deadman within (the constellation) Goat-Fish. This is Tiamat and Kingu. His name is Gizzanitu, (which means) Enraged Goat." [STC II, Pl. LXX:8-10; Reynolds 1999, 370-371].</s>
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	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the constellation of [[Capricornus]]; see [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]]		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the constellation of [[Capricornus]]; see [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]]

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	~~===Kurtik with Hilder~~, ~~Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=~~==
	"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.		"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.
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	''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the constellation of [[Capricornus]]; see [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]]		''Gizzānītu'' (𒄀𒄑𒍝𒉌𒌈) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the constellation of [[Capricornus]]; see [[SUḪUR.MAŠ2\|SUḪUR.MAŠ<sub>2</sub> <sup>ku<sub>6</sub></sup>]]

	==~~Dictionary~~==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.		"Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month of Tebet.

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