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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation <sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šihtu,'' is attested. See CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 p. 352).		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation <sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šihtu,'' is attested. See CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 p. 352).

	~~For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].~~

	{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}

	==Concordance, History, Etymology<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>==		==Concordance, History, Etymology<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>==
	Var. reading: All readings with GUD can be taken as short GU<sub>4</sub>. Likewise UD can be read UTU, the name of the Sumerian Sun-god. In any case, any of these readings yield Sumerian 'The Bull of the Sun' with reference to the planet Mercury which is only visible just before sunrise and just after sunset.		'''Var. reading:'''

			All readings with GUD can be taken as short GU<sub>4</sub>. Likewise, UD can be read UTU, the name of the Sumerian Sun-god. In any case, any of these readings yield Sumerian 'The Bull of the Sun' with reference to the planet Mercury, which is only visible just before sunrise and just after sunset.

	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,
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	* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."		* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."

			For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].
	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023) add:<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> <blockquote>= ''šiḫṭu'' “Mercury”. The sumerogram literally means “leaping wild sheep”, the Akk. equivalent means “leap, jump”. <sup>mul</sup>UDU.IDIM. GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (AN 23l)</blockquote>		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023) add:<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> <blockquote>= ''šiḫṭu'' “Mercury”. The sumerogram literally means “leaping wild sheep”, the Akk. equivalent means “leap, jump”. <sup>mul</sup>UDU.IDIM. GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (AN 23l)</blockquote>
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	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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WayneHorowitz at 10:00, 26 March 2026

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation ~~of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian~~ ''šihtu,'' ~~for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see~~ CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation <sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šihtu,'' is attested. See CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 p. 352).

	For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].		For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).

	For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].		For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].

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	==Concordance, History, Etymology<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>==		==Concordance, History, Etymology<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>==
	Var. reading:		Var. reading: All readings with GUD can be taken as short GU<sub>4</sub>. Likewise UD can be read UTU, the name of the Sumerian Sun-god. In any case, any of these readings yield Sumerian 'The Bull of the Sun' with reference to the planet Mercury which is only visible just before sunrise and just after sunset.

	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,
	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.UD;		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.UD;
	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.TIL		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.TIL
	* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."		* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."


	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023) add:<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> <blockquote>= ''šiḫṭu'' “Mercury”. The sumerogram literally means “leaping wild sheep”, the Akk. equivalent means “leap, jump”. <sup>mul</sup>UDU.IDIM. GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (AN 23l)</blockquote>		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023) add:<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> <blockquote>= ''šiḫṭu'' “Mercury”. The sumerogram literally means “leaping wild sheep”, the Akk. equivalent means “leap, jump”. <sup>mul</sup>UDU.IDIM. GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (AN 23l)</blockquote>

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet Mercury. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet [[:Category:Mercury\|Mercury]]. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).

	For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see ~~the~~ [[UDU.IDIM]] ~~entry~~.		For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see (Kurtik u07) [[UDU.IDIM]].

	{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet Mercury. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet Mercury. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).

			For UDU.IDIM read UTU.TIL see the [[UDU.IDIM]] entry.

	{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}

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	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD,
	* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.UD;		* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.UD;
			* <sup>mul/d</sup>UDU.BAD.GUD.TIL
	* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."		* = planet Mercury [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref>, 139bis; BPO 2<ref name=":0">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15]; abbreviated GU<sub>4</sub>.UD = ''šiḫṭu'', lit. "Leap."

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet ~~Maercury~~.		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet Mercury. Assyriological consensus holds that this name is equivalent to Akkadian ''šihtu''. This is nearly certain although as yet no direct surviving equation of the Sumerian star-name and Akkadian ''šihtu,'' for example in a lexical list or commentary, has yet been discovered (see CAD Š<sub>II</sub> 417, SAA 8 352).
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is ~~an ancient Mesopotamian~~ planet ~~name~~.		<sup>mul / d</sup>UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD (𒀯𒇻𒁁𒄞𒌓) is the standard Sumerian name for the planet Maercury.
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:UDU.IDIM.GU<sub>4</sub>.UD}}

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	==== Astrology. ====		==== Astrology. ====

	===== ~~Previous~~ Identifications: =====		===== Identifications: =====
	(1) = Yoke; see (Kurtik sh16) [[ŠUDUN]], IV 1.		(1) = Yoke; see (Kurtik sh16) [[ŠUDUN]], IV 1.