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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]

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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.

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	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.
	==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>==
	~~===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===~~
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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
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	[[File:Rainbow papke.JPG\|thumb\|Babylonian constellation of the Rainbow next to the IKU-constellation (Papke 1993). This way, IM-SHESH would culminate together with the Swallow and not rise together with it, so it contradicts at least one of the texts. ]]		[[File:Rainbow papke.JPG\|thumb\|Babylonian constellation of the Rainbow next to the IKU-constellation (Papke 1993). This way, IM-SHESH would culminate together with the Swallow and not rise together with it, so it contradicts at least one of the texts. ]]

	==== ~~II.~~ Identification. ====		==== Identification. ====
	It has been suggested that <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ and <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ are different names for the same constellation located in southwestern Pisces [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 197; Koch 1989<ref>''Koch J.'' Neue Untersuchungen zur Topographie des babylonischen Fixsternhimmels. Wiesbaden, 1989.</ref>, 39; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 65]. Doubts about the correctness of the identification are expressed in [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128]. See also the philological commentary in [Hunger-Steele 2018<ref name=":0" />, 118], and (Kurtik h04) ''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|Ḫarriru]]'') and Kurtik t05) [[TIR.AN.NA\|<sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA]].		It has been suggested that <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ and <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ are different names for the same constellation located in southwestern Pisces [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 197; Koch 1989<ref>''Koch J.'' Neue Untersuchungen zur Topographie des babylonischen Fixsternhimmels. Wiesbaden, 1989.</ref>, 39; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 65]. Doubts about the correctness of the identification are expressed in [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128]. See also the philological commentary in [Hunger-Steele 2018<ref name=":0" />, 118], and (Kurtik h04) ''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|Ḫarriru]]'') and Kurtik t05) [[TIR.AN.NA\|<sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA]].



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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, ''Orbis Terrarum'' 14, S. 33-49</ref>.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
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	* <sup>mul</sup>IM.SIS, <sup>mul</sup>IM.SES;		* <sup>mul</sup>IM.SIS, <sup>mul</sup>IM.SES;
	* = ''marratu'' "Rainbow" [AHw, 612; CAD M/1, 286];		* = ''marratu'' "Rainbow" [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 612; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> M/1, 286];

	Constellation identified with (Kurtik s19) [[SIM.MAḪ]]<sup>(?)</sup>.		Constellation identified with (Kurtik s19) [[SIM.MAḪ]]<sup>(?)</sup>.
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	* ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>AB UD 15 KAM <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ <sup>mul</sup>''ši-nu-nu-tu''<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ / ''ina'' GIŠ.NIM IGI.LA<sub>2</sub> (var.: IGI<sup>me</sup>)		* ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>AB UD 15 KAM <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ <sup>mul</sup>''ši-nu-nu-tu''<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ / ''ina'' GIŠ.NIM IGI.LA<sub>2</sub> (var.: IGI<sup>me</sup>)
	* "on the 15th day of Tebet SIM.MAḪ, 'the Swallow,' (or) 'the Rainbow,' becomes visible in the east" (I iii 7) [MA, 45], see also (Kurtik k10) [[KAK.SI.SA2\|KAK.SI.SA<sub>2</sub>]].		* "on the 15th day of Tebet SIM.MAḪ, 'the Swallow,' (or) 'the Rainbow,' becomes visible in the east" (I iii 7) [MA<ref name=":0">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 45], see also (Kurtik k10) [[KAK.SI.SA2\|KAK.SI.SA<sub>2</sub>]].
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	* tir.an.na ud ''nu-uḫ-ši'' mu.bi<sub>2</sub> ''mar-ra-tum''		* tir.an.na ud ''nu-uḫ-ši'' mu.bi<sub>2</sub> ''mar-ra-tum''
	* "Rainbow, its name 'day of plenty', rainbow" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:167]. See also [ACh Sin, 3:122; HBA, 13].		* "Rainbow, its name 'day of plenty', rainbow" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:167]. See also [ACh Sin<ref>''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 3:122; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 13].
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	==== II. Identification. ====		==== II. Identification. ====
	It has been suggested that <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ and <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ are different names for the same constellation located in southwestern Pisces [MA, 128; G. 197; Koch 1989, 39; ASM, 65]. Doubts about the correctness of the identification are expressed in [MA, 128]. See also the philological commentary in [Hunger-Steele 2018, 118], and (Kurtik h04) ''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|Ḫarriru]]'') and Kurtik t05) [[TIR.AN.NA\|<sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA]].		It has been suggested that <sup>mul</sup>SIM.MAḪ and <sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ are different names for the same constellation located in southwestern Pisces [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 197; Koch 1989<ref>''Koch J.'' Neue Untersuchungen zur Topographie des babylonischen Fixsternhimmels. Wiesbaden, 1989.</ref>, 39; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 65]. Doubts about the correctness of the identification are expressed in [MA<ref name=":0" />, 128]. See also the philological commentary in [Hunger-Steele 2018<ref name=":0" />, 118], and (Kurtik h04) ''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|Ḫarriru]]'') and Kurtik t05) [[TIR.AN.NA\|<sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA]].

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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''[[marratu]]'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow. For Rainbow terminology in Sumerian and Akkadian see Horowitz 2016.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===

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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.
	==~~Dictionary~~==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''harriru,'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''[[Ḫar-ri-ru\|harriru]],'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.
	==Dictionary==		==Dictionary==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
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	IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]		IM.ŠEŠ (𒅎𒋀) = ''marratu'' [[File:IM.SHESH stellarium.png\|thumb\|IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, The Rainbow, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''harriru,'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.		<sup>mul</sup>IM.ŠEŠ, "The Rainbow", is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, <sup>d</sup>TIR.AN.NA, is identified with <sup>d</sup>''harriru,'' 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of [[Pisces]]/ [[Andromeda]] as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.
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