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	The Mesopotamian Dictionary of names of stars and constellations is the first one of its type. The first one was published in 1950, handwritten in German by Felix Gössmann and entitled "Planetarium Babylonicum". An updated and enriched edition of it was published by Gennady Kurtik (2007) in Russian. Here we present a revisited English translation of it, for the first time enriched with images and star maps. <gallery>		The Mesopotamian Dictionary of names of stars and constellations is the first one of its type. The first one was published in 1950, handwritten in German by Felix Gössmann and entitled "Planetarium Babylonicum". An updated and enriched edition of it was published by Gennady Kurtik (2007) in Russian. Here we present a revisited English translation of it, for the first time enriched with images and star maps. <gallery>
	File:Goessmann1950.JPG\|Gössmann (1950)		File:Goessmann1950.JPG\|Gössmann (1950)
	File:Kurtik title.JPG\|Kurtik (2007)		File:Kurtik title.JPG\|Kurtik (2007)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

			see

			* [https://sepoa.fr/nabu/nabu-index/ NABU] 2026 #02 82
			* [https://sepoa.fr/nabu/nabu-index/ NABU] 2026 #02 83

	== Technical Remarks on Assyriology ==		== Technical Remarks on Assyriology ==

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	The Mesopotamian Dictionary of names of stars and constellations is the first		The Mesopotamian Dictionary of names of stars and constellations is the first one of its type. The first one was published in 1950, handwritten in German by Felix Gössmann and entitled "Planetarium Babylonicum". An updated and enriched edition of it was published by Gennady Kurtik (2007) in Russian. Here we present a revisited English translation of it, for the first time enriched with images and star maps. <gallery>
			File:Goessmann1950.JPG\|Gössmann (1950)
			File:Kurtik title.JPG\|Kurtik (2007)
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			== Technical Remarks on Assyriology ==

			=== [[References (Babylonian)\|References]] ===
			The page hyperlinked in the header is a separate page with all references given by Kurtik himself. The list is largely published by him in Kurtik (2007) but as he had been reworking his material in preparation of new (revisited) edition, some references in his list might be incomplete. The material was handed to us by his family after his death in early 2023.

			For the time being, as long as we are still working on it, we keep his original page structure in the presentation of his references.

			Above the tables of his references, we add others (e.g. newly appeared literature after his publication).

			=== Abbreviations ===
			...

			=== Month Names ===
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!
			!Sumerian
			!Sumerian (alternate)
			!Akkadian
			!Hebrew
			\|-
			\|Month I
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>BARA<sub>2</sub>.ZAG(.GAR)
			Month (images) placed by throne
			\|ITI.BAR(.SAG.SAG)
			\|''Nisānu''
			\|Nisan נִיסָן
			\|-
			\|Month II
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>(EZEM.)GU<sub>4</sub>.SI.SU
			Month horned oxen marched forth
			\|ITI.GU<sub>4</sub>(.SI.SÁ)
			\|''Ayyāru''
			\|Iyar אִייָר‎
			\|-
			\|Month III
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>SIG<sub>4</sub>.U<sub>5</sub>.ŠUB.BA.GÁ.GAR
			Month the brick is placed in the mold
			\|ITI.SIG<sub>4</sub>.A
			\|''simānu''
			\|Sivan סִיוָן
			\|-
			\|Month IV
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>ŠU.NUMUN
			Month preparing seed
			\|ITI.ŠU(.NUMUN.A/NA);
			ITI.ŠU.GAR.NUMUN.NA
			\|''Dûzu''
			\|Tammuz תַּמּוּז
			\|-
			\|Month V
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>NE.IZI.GAR
			Month braziers are lit
			\|ITI.NE(.NE.GAR)
			\|''Abu''
			\|Av אָב
			\|-
			\|Month VI
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>KIN.<sup>d</sup>INANNA
			Month of rectification of Inanna
			\|ITI.KIN
			\|''Ulūlu /'' ''Elūlu''
			\|Elul אֱלוּל
			\|-
			\|Month VII
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>DU<sub>6</sub>.KÙ
			Month of Sacred Mound
			\|ITI.DU<sub>6</sub>/DUL(.KÙ)
			\|''tašrītu''
			\|Tishrei תִּשְׁרֵי
			\|-
			\|Month VIII
			\|<sup>ITI(GIŠ)</sup>APIN.DU<sub>8</sub>.A
			Month the plow is let go
			\|ITI.APIN(.DU<sub>8</sub>.A)
			\|''Arahsamnu''
			\|(Mar)Cheshvan
			מַרְחֶשְׁוָן/חֶשְׁוָן
			\|-
			\|Month IX
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>GAN.GAN.(MU.)E<sub>3</sub>
			Month when the clouds(?) come out
			\|ITI.GAN(.GAN.NA)
			\|''Kisilīmu''
			\|Kislev כִּסְלֵו
			\|-
			\|Month X
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>AB.E<sub>3</sub>
			Month of the father
			\|ITI.AB(.BA.È)
			\|''ṭebētu''
			\|Tevet טֵבֵת
			\|-
			\|Month XI
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>ZIZ<sub>2</sub>.A
			Month for emmer
			\|ITI.ZÍZ(.A.AN)
			\|''Šabāṭu''
			\|Shevat שְׁבָט
			\|-
			\|Month XII
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>ŠE.KIN.KU<sub>5</sub>
			Month of the cutting of barley
			\|ITI.ŠE(.KIN.TAR)
			\|''Ad(d)aru''
			\|Adar אֲדָר
			\|-
			\|Intercalary
			Month XIII
			\|<sup>ITI</sup>DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KU<sub>5</sub> Additional harvest month
			\|ITI.DIRIG.ŠE(.KIN.TAR)
			\|''Adaru arkû''
			\|Adar II
			אֲדָר שֵׁנִי
			\|}

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