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	{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}		{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian ~~Name for Ursa~~-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = ~~eriqqi šamāmī~~,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism [[Ursa Minor]] (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
	==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>==
	“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>.		“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA		* <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA
	* '''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)~~'''~~		* = ''eriqqu ša šamê'' (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)
	* ''~~'or~~ eriqqu šá šamāmī:'''		* or ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'':
	* ~~'''~~"Celestial Wagon"~~'''~~		* "Celestial Wagon"

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.

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	==== IV. Identification. ====		==== IV. Identification. ====
	= Ursa Minor [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259; Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 79a; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 13; MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 137; ~~ASM~~<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 74].		= Ursa Minor [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259; Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 79a; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 13; MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 137; Hunger-Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 74].

	==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====		==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====
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	\| = eriq šamê «Небесная Повозка» или «Повозка Ану»; созвездие в Малой Медведице (Ursa Minor) [G. 259].		\| = eriq šamê «Небесная Повозка» или «Повозка Ану»; созвездие в Малой Медведице (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann 1950, 259].
	I. Источники.		I. Источники.

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	IV. Отождествление.		IV. Отождествление.

	= Ursa Minor [G. 259; Weidner 1957–59, 79a; BPO 2, 13; MA, 137; ~~ASM~~, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 74].		= Ursa Minor [Gössmann 1950, 259; Weidner 1957–59, 79a; BPO 2, 13; MA, 137; Hunger-Pingree 1999, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 74].

	V. Части созвездия и отдельные звезды.		V. Части созвездия и отдельные звезды.

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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
			“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>.

	~~=== Krebernik (2023) ===~~		* <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA
	~~“Wagon of Heaven”.~~ <sup>mul</sup>~~MAR~~.~~GÍD~~.DA-AN.NA ~~(EN 20l).~~		* '''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)'''
			* '''or eriqqu šá šamāmī:'''
	~~=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim ===~~		* '''"Celestial Wagon"'''
	'''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon"'''

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.

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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). ~~'''<u>What about ka<sub>5</sub>.a the \Fox = the Little Dipper etc.???</u>'''~~ The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> ''''~~'????check~~ the ~~sha with or without in my old article???'''''~~		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

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	=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim ===		=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim ===
	'''''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon" ~~or "Anu's Wagon";???? check in articvle???''~~'''		'''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon"'''

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.
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	** a) <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA <sup>d</sup>''Dam-ki-an-na'' "The Wagon of Anu, Damkiana" (I i 20), for a parallel see. [Horowitz 1989-90<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two Mul-Apin Fragments // AfO. 1989-90. Bd. XXXVI/XXXVII. S. 116-117.</ref>, 116, BM 54817:8'].		** a) <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA <sup>d</sup>''Dam-ki-an-na'' "The Wagon of Anu, Damkiana" (I i 20), for a parallel see. [Horowitz 1989-90<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two Mul-Apin Fragments // AfO. 1989-90. Bd. XXXVI/XXXVII. S. 116-117.</ref>, 116, BM 54817:8'].
	** b) "Star on its rope," see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. Stev.O.T.<ref>''Langdon S.'' Miscellanea Assyriaca IV. An Omen Tablet. Pls. XVII-XVIII // Babyloniaca. 1913-23. T. VII. P. 230- 238.</ref> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA<AN.NA> GAL "The wagon of [Anu] the Great" — in prediction, see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. For a list of "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].		** b) "Star on its rope," see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. Stev.O.T.<ref>''Langdon S.'' Miscellanea Assyriaca IV. An Omen Tablet. Pls. XVII-XVIII // Babyloniaca. 1913-23. T. VII. P. 230- 238.</ref> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA<AN.NA> GAL "The wagon of [Anu] the Great" — in prediction, see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. For a list of "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].
	'''~~''WE NEED TO ADD THE URANOLOGY texT PASSAGE????''~~'''		'''Uranology'''

	~~Wagon. Described in~~ VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927<ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 23, 25, Section VIII].		VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927<ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 23, 25, Section VIII].
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	==== III. Symbol. ====		==== III. Symbol. ====
	<s>Wagon. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927</s><ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref><s>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018</s><ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref><s>, 23, 25, Section VIII].mOVED To Uranology above</s>		<s>Wagon. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927</s><ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref><s>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018</s><ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref><s>, 23, 25, Section VIII].mOVED To Uranology above What do we need to do about symbol in general</s>

	==== IV. Identification. ====		==== IV. Identification. ====
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	==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====		==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====
	(1) MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ina ṭur-ri-šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' "the star that stands on the ~~rope (var.: link,~~ knot)" (= α Ursae Minoris (?)), see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]].		(1) MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ina ṭur-ri-šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' "the star that stands on the knot" (= α Ursae Minoris (?)), see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]].

	(2) ''mašaddu'' 'drawbar', see above.		(2) ''mašaddu'' 'drawbar', see above.

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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). '''<u>What about ~~ka5~~.a the \Fox = the Little Dipper etc.???</u>''' The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> '''''????check the sha with or without in my old article???'''''		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). '''<u>What about ka<sub>5</sub>.a the \Fox = the Little Dipper etc.???</u>''' The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> '''''????check the sha with or without in my old article???'''''
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

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	'''''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon" or "Anu's Wagon";???? check in articvle???'''''		'''''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon" or "Anu's Wagon";???? check in articvle???'''''

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.

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	\|'''MUL.APIN.'''		\|'''MUL.APIN.'''
	* (1) List of Enlil's stars (nos. 19, 20):		* (1) List of Enlil's stars (nos. 19, 20):
	** a) <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA <sup>d</sup>''Dam-ki-an-na'' "The Wagon of Anu, Damkiana" (I i 20), for a parallel see. [Horowitz 1989-90, 116, BM 54817:8'].		** a) <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA <sup>d</sup>''Dam-ki-an-na'' "The Wagon of Anu, Damkiana" (I i 20), for a parallel see. [Horowitz 1989-90<ref>''Horowitz W.'' Two Mul-Apin Fragments // AfO. 1989-90. Bd. XXXVI/XXXVII. S. 116-117.</ref>, 116, BM 54817:8'].
	** b) "Star on its rope," see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. Stev.O.T. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA<AN.NA> GAL "The wagon of [Anu] the Great" — in prediction, see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. For a list of "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].		** b) "Star on its rope," see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. Stev.O.T.<ref>''Langdon S.'' Miscellanea Assyriaca IV. An Omen Tablet. Pls. XVII-XVIII // Babyloniaca. 1913-23. T. VII. P. 230- 238.</ref> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA<AN.NA> GAL "The wagon of [Anu] the Great" — in prediction, see (Kurtik i02) [[IBILA.É.MAḪ\|IBILA.E<sub>2</sub>.MAḪ]]. For a list of "6 palace women," see (Kurtik a02) [[A.EDIN]].
	'''''WE NEED TO ADD THE URANOLOGY texT PASSAGE????'''''		'''''WE NEED TO ADD THE URANOLOGY texT PASSAGE????'''''

	~~Wagon~~. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 23, 25, Section VIII].		Wagon. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927<ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 23, 25, Section VIII].
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	\|'''Spell.'''		\|'''Spell.'''
	* On receiving a favorable or unfavorable sign during sleep before beginning a journey: EN<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.A[N.N]A [MA]R.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A ''ša''<sub>2</sub>-''ma-m'']''i ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ni-ir-ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>NIN.URTA / ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>AMAR.U[TU ''bu'']-''ba-tu-ša''<sub>2</sub> DUMU.MI<sub>2</sub>.<MEŠ> <sup>d</sup>''A-nim ša''<sub>2</sub> AN-''e'' KU<sub>3</sub>.MEŠ / ''ana'' IGI ''Aš-šurki nap''-˹''ḫa''˺-[''a'']''t ana'' IGI K[A<sub>2</sub>.DINGIR.R]A<sup>ki</sup> IGI-''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''šak-nu'' "Spell. A[na]'s wagon, the [Heavenly] [W]ago[n], whose yoke is Ninurta, whose drawbar is Mar[duk], whose axles (according to another version: sides) are the daughter of Ana (in) the pure heavens, who ris[e]s towards Assyria, whose face is turned towards B[abylo]n" [STT, 73 ii 61-63; Reiner 1960, 33; Reiner 1995, 71; Horowitz 1989, 243], parallel [UET 7, 118:8-9; Horowitz 1989, 243].		* On receiving a favorable or unfavorable sign during sleep before beginning a journey: EN<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.A[N.N]A [MA]R.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A ''ša''<sub>2</sub>-''ma-m'']''i ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ni-ir-ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>NIN.URTA / ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>AMAR.U[TU ''bu'']-''ba-tu-ša''<sub>2</sub> DUMU.MI<sub>2</sub>.<MEŠ> <sup>d</sup>''A-nim ša''<sub>2</sub> AN-''e'' KU<sub>3</sub>.MEŠ / ''ana'' IGI ''Aš-šurki nap''-˹''ḫa''˺-[''a'']''t ana'' IGI K[A<sub>2</sub>.DINGIR.R]A<sup>ki</sup> IGI-''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''šak-nu'' "Spell. A[na]'s wagon, the [Heavenly] [W]ago[n], whose yoke is Ninurta, whose drawbar is Mar[duk], whose axles (according to another version: sides) are the daughter of Ana (in) the pure heavens, who ris[e]s towards Assyria, whose face is turned towards B[abylo]n" [STT<ref>''Gurney O., Finkelstein J.J.'', ''Hulin P.'' The Sultantepe Tablets. Vol. I-II. London 1957, 1964.</ref>, 73 ii 61-63; Reiner 1960<ref>''Reiner E.'' Fortune-telling in Mesopotamia // JNES. 1960. Vol. 19, № 1. Р. 23-35.</ref>, 33; Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 71; Horowitz 1989<ref>''Horowitz W''. The Akkadian Name for Ursa Minor: <sup>mul</sup>mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da.an.na = ''eriqqi šamê'' / ''šamāmi'' // ZA. 1989. Bd. 79. S.242-244.</ref>, 243], parallel [UET 7, 118:8-9; Horowitz 1989<ref>''Horowitz W''. The Akkadian Name for Ursa Minor: mulmar.gid2.da.an.na = ''eriqqi šamê'' / ''šamāmi'' // ZA. 1989. Bd. 79. S.242-244.</ref>, 243].
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	\|'''Hemerologies.'''		\|'''Hemerologies.'''
	* 7th of Tashrit, prohibition of sexual intercourse: ''ik-kib'' <sup>giš</sup>˹MAR˺.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša-me-e'' <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'' "Prohibition of the Wagon of Heaven, Anu" [KAR, 178 r. iv 62], see also [CAD E, 297b; Horowitz 1989, 244; Labat 1939, 116-117; Reiner 1995, 114].		* 7th of Tashrit, prohibition of sexual intercourse: ''ik-kib'' <sup>giš</sup>˹MAR˺.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša-me-e'' <sup>d</sup>''A-nim'' "Prohibition of the Wagon of Heaven, Anu" [KAR<ref>''Ebeling E.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Bd. I-II. Leipzig 1919, 1920.</ref>, 178 r. iv 62], see also [CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> E, 297b; Horowitz 1989<ref>''Horowitz W''. The Akkadian Name for Ursa Minor: mulmar.gid2.da.an.na = ''eriqqi šamê'' / ''šamāmi'' // ZA. 1989. Bd. 79. S.242-244.</ref>, 244; Labat 1939<ref>''Labat R.'' Hemerologies et menologies d'Assur. Paris, 1939.</ref>, 116-117; Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>, 114].
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	==== II. Deity. ====		==== II. Deity. ====
	The Celestial Wagon is identified with Damkiana, in MUL.APIN I i 20. For other identifications as a goddess in magical texts see Reiner 1995: 57, 66.		The Celestial Wagon is identified with Damkiana, in MUL.APIN I i 20. For other identifications as a goddess in magical texts see Reiner 1995<ref>''Reiner E.'' Astral Magic in Babylonia. Philadelphia, The Amer. Philos. Soc., 1995.</ref>: 57, 66.

	==== III. Symbol. ====		==== III. Symbol. ====
	<s>Wagon. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 23, 25, Section VIII].mOVED To Uranology above</s>		<s>Wagon. Described in VAT 9428 r. 8-9: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA.AN.NA ''ka-lak-ku a-na'' IGI ''ma-šad-di ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GID<sub>2</sub>.D[A] / ''u''<sub>3</sub> ''ma-šad-da-ša''<sub>2</sub> IGI ''ka-lak-ku ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>MAR.˹GID<sub>2</sub>.DA ''i''˺-''ma-ša''<sub>2</sub>''-a''[''l''] "The Celestial Wagon — the van in front of the Wagon's drawbar, and its drawbar is in front of the Wagon's van in a similar manner" [Weidner 1927</s><ref>''Weidner E. '' Ein Beschreibung des Sternenhimmels aus Assur // AfO. 1927. Bd. 4. S. 73-85.</ref><s>, 75, 77; Beaulieu et al. 2018</s><ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref><s>, 23, 25, Section VIII].mOVED To Uranology above</s>

	==== IV. Identification. ====		==== IV. Identification. ====
	= Ursa Minor [G. 259; Weidner 1957-59, 79a; BPO 2, 13; MA, 137; ASM, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 74].		= Ursa Minor [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259; Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 79a; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 13; MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 137; ASM<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 74].

	==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====		==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====

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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). '''<u>What about ka5.a the \Fox = the Little Dipper etc.???</u>''' The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> '''''????check the sha with or without in my old article???'''''		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). '''<u>What about ka5.a the \Fox = the Little Dipper etc.???</u>''' The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> '''''????check the sha with or without in my old article???'''''
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

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	The ~~identification of the~~ Celestial Wagon with Damkiana, ~~adopted~~ in MUL.APIN I i 20~~, is nowhere else attested and seems to be of rather late origin~~. ~~The identification of parts of the constellation with deities is often found~~ in ~~spell~~ texts [Reiner 1995].		The Celestial Wagon is identified with Damkiana, in MUL.APIN I i 20. For other identifications as a goddess in magical texts see Reiner 1995: 57, 66.

	==== III. Symbol. ====		==== III. Symbol. ====