NIN.MAḪ - Revision history

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	The description suggests that the constellation NIN.MAḪ represents a clothed female figure (it is not quite clear whether she was seated or was standing) who holds sacred objects like those we see in Gemini images — in her raised hands [Kurtik 2007<ref>Kurtik, G. (2007): Звездное небо Древней Месопотамии. Шумеро-аккадские названия созвездий и других светил [The Star Heaven of Ancient Mesopotamia: Sumero-Akkadian Names of Constellations and Other Heavenly Bodies], Aletejja, St. Petersburg, Russia.</ref>, figs. 17-21].		The description suggests that the constellation NIN.MAḪ represents a clothed female figure (it is not quite clear whether she was seated or was standing) who holds sacred objects like those we see in Gemini images — in her raised hands [Kurtik 2007<ref>Kurtik, G. (2007): Звездное небо Древней Месопотамии. Шумеро-аккадские названия созвездий и других светил [The Star Heaven of Ancient Mesopotamia: Sumero-Akkadian Names of Constellations and Other Heavenly Bodies], Aletejja, St. Petersburg, Russia.</ref>, figs. 17-21].


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Sources and Identification(s)

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	\|'''GU text.'''		\|'''GU text.'''
	* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].		* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].
	\|[[File:GU IX.jpg\|thumb\|~~8th~~ GU (H).<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Astronomical Information in the GU-Text, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg, 193-204</ref> 1/2 ~~league (15 degrees) after the 4~~ stars of ~~its chest [Lion],~~ the ~~middle foot~~ of 'the Lion (ur.a)', the ~~hand~~ of ~~Ninmah which is on~~ the ~~knot~~]]		The complete GU (H) reads "1/2 league (15 degrees) after the 4 stars of its chest [Lion], the middle foot of 'the Lion (ur.a)', the hand of Ninmah which is on the knot". The next GU reads:

			* (I) The 2 stars of the rump of 'the Lion' (ur.a), the tail of 'the Raven', the bite of 'the Harrow'

			This is depicted in the graphics to the right; so Ninmakh's hand needs to be west of the green line (GU IX) where the term is written.
			\|[[File:GU IX.jpg\|thumb\|9th GU (I).<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Astronomical Information in the GU-Text, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg, 193-204</ref> The 2 stars of the rump of 'the Lion' (ur.a), the tail of 'the Raven', the bite of 'the Harrow' ]]
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	\|'''Circular Zodiac of Dendera'''		\|'''Circular Zodiac of Dendera'''

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Sources and Identification(s)

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	\|'''GU text.'''		\|'''GU text.'''
	* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].		* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].
	\|		\|[[File:GU IX.jpg\|thumb\|8th GU (H).<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Astronomical Information in the GU-Text, in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg, 193-204</ref> 1/2 league (15 degrees) after the 4 stars of its chest [Lion], the middle foot of 'the Lion (ur.a)', the hand of Ninmah which is on the knot]]
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	\|'''Circular Zodiac of Dendera'''		\|'''Circular Zodiac of Dendera'''

Sushoff at 11:56, 24 September 2026

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	* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].		* (H) šu <sup>mul</sup>nin.maḫ ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ugu ka.kešda "The hand of the Great Lady which is on the knot(?)" (φ Vel) [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:13], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]].
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			\|'''Circular Zodiac of Dendera'''
			This depiction in an Egyptian temple for Hathor shows several Babylonian influences:<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Preliminary Observations on the Dendera Zodiac (Egypt). in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg, pages 524-541</ref> not only are the planets depicted at their Mesopotamian standard positions and the zodiac is drawn, also some other constellations from the Mesopotamian uranography are depicted.
			\|[[File:Muttergoettin inv.jpg\|thumb\|Constellation of a Mother Goddess (Egyptian Isis, Babylonian Ninmakh) on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).]]
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	\|'''The New Year's festival in Babylon.'''		\|'''The New Year's festival in Babylon.'''

Sushoff at 11:34, 5 July 2026

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	<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.		<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.

Sushoff at 09:40, 5 July 2026

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	\| numberbrightstars = 1		\| numberbrightstars = 1
	\| numbernearbystars =		\| numbernearbystars =
	\| brighteststarname = Diphda		\| brighteststarname = [[Diphda]]
	\| starmagnitude = 2.01		\| starmagnitude = 2.01
	\| neareststarname =		\| neareststarname =

Sushoff at 09:40, 5 July 2026

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 <sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess.  Her star-name bears her divine name.  Almost certainly a asterism in human form.

YoulaAzkarrula at 03:54, 26 May 2026

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	[[Category:Mesopotamian]]		[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:Sumerian]]		[[Category:Sumerian]]
	[[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Asterism]]
	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:Cuneiform]]		[[Category:Cuneiform]]
	[[Category:Constellation]]		[[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Vel]]


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Sushoff at 19:04, 26 March 2026

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	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.		<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.

Sushoff at 08:30, 17 January 2026

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			Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.		<sup>mul d</sup>NIN.MAḪ (𒀯𒀭𒊩𒌆𒈤), Akkadian Ninmah, 'The Great Lady,' is one of the most popular names for the Sumero-Akkadian mother-goddess. Her star-name bears her divine name. Almost certainly a asterism in human form.