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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient ~~drawing~~ dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967:<ref name=":17" /> tf. 5-6, 9-10, 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> 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]]. A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014:<ref name=":8" /> 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>~~/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky~~ <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen,</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.		<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient image dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967:<ref name=":17" /> tf. 5-6, 9-10, 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> 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]]. A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014:<ref name=":8" /> 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]] can be for two different configurations of stars in the same part of the sky, but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen,</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.

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	** setting — adar [KAV<ref>''Schroeder O.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts. Leipzig, 1920.</ref> 218, C 23, 36; Horowitz 2014<ref name=":8">Horowitz, W. (2014), The three stars each: the Astrolabes and related texts, Archiv für Orientforschung AfO Beiheft, 33.</ref>, 38, 40], see (Kurtik b11) [[BIR]].		** setting — adar [KAV<ref>''Schroeder O.'' Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts. Leipzig, 1920.</ref> 218, C 23, 36; Horowitz 2014<ref name=":8">Horowitz, W. (2014), The three stars each: the Astrolabes and related texts, Archiv für Orientforschung AfO Beiheft, 33.</ref>, 38, 40], see (Kurtik b11) [[BIR]].

	BM 82923.		<s>BM 82923.</s>

	* Month of ulul, stars of Anu:		* <s>Month of ulul, stars of Anu:</s>
	** <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA // 1.30 // <sup>d</sup>EN BE		** <s><sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA // 1.30 // <sup>d</sup>EN BE</s>
	** "Raven // 90 // Lord of Death(?)" [Walker-Hunger 1977<ref>''Walker C.B.F., Hunger H.'' Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.</ref>, 30:17].		** <s>"Raven // 90 // Lord of Death(?)" [Walker-Hunger 1977<ref>''Walker C.B.F., Hunger H.'' Zwölfmaldrei // MDOG. 1977. Bd. 109. S. 27-34.</ref>, 30:17].</s>

	BM 34713.		BM 34713.
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	* (2) Dates of heliacal risings: '10th ululu' (I ii 45), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].		* (2) Dates of heliacal risings: '10th ululu' (I ii 45), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].
	* (3) Simultaneous diurnal sunrisings and sunsets: (I iii 20), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].		* (3) Simultaneous diurnal sunrisings and sunsets: (I iii 20), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].
	* (4) Astrological predictions:		* <s>(4) Astrological predictions:</s>
	** a)		** <s>a)</s>
	*** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.1 KI.TA ''ina-pal'' ŠE.GIŠ.I<sub>3</sub> SI.SA<sub>2</sub>		*** <s>DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.1 KI.TA ''ina-pal'' ŠE.GIŠ.I<sub>3</sub> SI.SA<sub>2</sub></s>
	*** "If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3<ref name=":4" />, 83, K.800:11],		*** <s>"If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3<ref name=":4" />, 83, K.800:11],</s>
	** b)		** <s>b)</s>
	*** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.2 AN.TA ''ina-pal'' AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ŠE NU SI.SA<sub>2</sub>		*** <s>DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.2 AN.TA ''ina-pal'' AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ŠE NU SI.SA<sub>2</sub></s>
	*** "If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10" />, 23:6, 24:8],		*** <s>"If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10" />, 23:6, 24:8],</s>
	** c) Marduk's Star reaches the Raven (II Gap B 3), see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 4 [MA<ref name=":11">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 32, 42, 49, 111, 117].		** c) Marduk's Star reaches the Raven (II Gap B 3), see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 4 [MA<ref name=":11">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 32, 42, 49, 111, 117].
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	\|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia."'''		\|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia."'''
	* (1) List of names of Mars: <sup>mul</sup>ug<sub>5</sub>.ga = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'') "Raven = Mars";		* (1) <s>List of names of Mars: <sup>mul</sup>ug<sub>5</sub>.ga = <sup>d</sup>min(= <sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'') "Raven = Mars";</s>
	* (2) 12 asterisms of Elam: [<sup>mul</sup>uga] [Mesop.Astrol.<ref name=":12">''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:105, 203].		* (2) 12 asterisms of Elam: [<sup>mul</sup>uga] [Mesop.Astrol.<ref name=":12">''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:105, 203].
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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967:<ref name=":17" /> tf. 5-6, 9-10, 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> 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]]. A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>~~UG5~~.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014:<ref name=":8" /> 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen,</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.		<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967:<ref name=":17" /> tf. 5-6, 9-10, 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> 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]]. A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014:<ref name=":8" /> 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen,</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.

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	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]] . A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG5.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014: 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.		<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967:<ref name=":17" /> tf. 5-6, 9-10, 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> 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]]. A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG5.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014:<ref name=":8" /> 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen,</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.


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	* <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA (= <sup>mul</sup>U<sub>9</sub>.GA),		* <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA\|UG<sub>5</sub>.GA]] (= <sup>mul</sup>U<sub>9</sub>.GA),
	* <sup>mul</sup> u<sub>2</sub>.ge.e,		* <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>.ge.e]],
	* <sup>mul</sup>UG.GA,		* <sup>mul</sup>UG.GA,
	* <sup>mul</sup>DUG<sub>2</sub>.GA;		* <sup>mul</sup>DUG<sub>2</sub>.GA;
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	* (3) Simultaneous diurnal sunrisings and sunsets: (I iii 20), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].		* (3) Simultaneous diurnal sunrisings and sunsets: (I iii 20), see (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki\|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]].
	* (4) Astrological predictions:		* (4) Astrological predictions:
	** a) DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.1 KI.TA ''ina-pal'' ŠE.GIŠ.I<sub>3</sub> SI.SA<sub>2</sub> "If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3<ref name=":4" />, 83, K.800:11],		** a)
	** b) DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.2 AN.TA ''ina-pal'' AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ŠE NU SI.SA<sub>2</sub> "If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10" />, 23:6, 24:8],		*** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.1 KI.TA ''ina-pal'' ŠE.GIŠ.I<sub>3</sub> SI.SA<sub>2</sub>
			*** "If the Raven slips down(?) towards the south: sesame will be abundant" (II iii 28), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10">''Ch. Virolleaud'', L'astrologie chaldéenne S(in); Shamasz; Isht(ar); Adad; S/Supp. = Supplément; SS / 2.Supp. = Second Supplément (Paris 1905 - 1912)</ref>, 23:5, 24:6; BPO 3<ref name=":4" />, 83, K.800:11],
			** b)
			*** DIŠ <sup>mul<sub>4</sub></sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA ''ana id'' IM.2 AN.TA ''ina-pal'' AB.SIN<sub>2</sub> ŠE NU SI.SA<sub>2</sub>
			*** "If the Raven rises up(?) towards the north: barley harvest will not be abundant" (II iii 29), see also [ACh Ištar<ref name=":10" />, 23:6, 24:8],
	** c) Marduk's Star reaches the Raven (II Gap B 3), see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 4 [MA<ref name=":11">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 32, 42, 49, 111, 117].		** c) Marduk's Star reaches the Raven (II Gap B 3), see (Kurtik a28) [[AMAR.UD\|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]], IV 4 [MA<ref name=":11">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 32, 42, 49, 111, 117].
	\|[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		\|[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
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	\|'''GU text.'''		\|'''GU text.'''
	* (I) kun <sup>mul</sup>uga "Raven's tail" (α Crt).		* (I)
	* (J) murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uga "the middle part of the Raven" (γ Crv).		** kun <sup>mul</sup>uga
	* (K) <sup>mul</sup>udu.idim.gu<sub>4</sub>.ud ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ana''(ŠE<sub>3</sub>) <sup>mu[l]</sup>ab.sin<sub>2</sub> ''ina'' igi <sup>mul</sup>uga gub-''zu'' "Mercury, which stands with the Furrow before the Raven" [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:14, 16-18], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]], (Kurtik a06) [[AB.SIN\|AB.SIN<sub>2</sub>]].		** "Raven's tail" (α Crt).
			* (J)
			** murub<sub>4</sub> <sup>mul</sup>uga
			** "the middle part of the Raven" (γ Crv).
			* (K)
			** <sup>mul</sup>udu.idim.gu<sub>4</sub>.ud ''ša''<sub>2</sub> ''ana''(ŠE<sub>3</sub>) <sup>mu[l]</sup>ab.sin<sub>2</sub> ''ina'' igi <sup>mul</sup>uga gub-''zu''
			** "Mercury, which stands with the Furrow before the Raven" [Pingree-Walker 1988<ref>''Pingree D., Walker C.'' A Babylonian Star-Catalogue: BM 78161 / Fs. Sachs, 1988. P. 313-322.</ref>, BM 78161:14, 16-18], see also (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]], (Kurtik a06) [[AB.SIN\|AB.SIN<sub>2</sub>]].
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	\|'''Dalbanna-text.'''		\|'''Dalbanna-text.'''
	* §a. <sup>mul</sup>kun ug[a<sup>mušen</sup>] "the tail of the Cro[w]" (Pi 140), see (Kurtik z07) [[ZI.BA.AN.NA]].		* §a.
			** <sup>mul</sup>kun ug[a<sup>mušen</sup>]
			** "the tail of the Cro[w]" (Pi 140), see (Kurtik z07) [[ZI.BA.AN.NA]].
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	** "The Raven — En[lil]..." [CT<ref name=":9" /> 26, 48, K.11306:4],		** "The Raven — En[lil]..." [CT<ref name=":9" /> 26, 48, K.11306:4],
	* <sup>mul</sup>uga ''kakkab'' <sup>d</sup>''adad ik-šu-du ḫar-ra-an'' <sup>d</sup>''šamši''		* <sup>mul</sup>uga ''kakkab'' <sup>d</sup>''adad ik-šu-du ḫar-ra-an'' <sup>d</sup>''šamši''
	** "Raven, the constellation of Adad, reaches the path of the Sun" [Weidner 1967<ref>''Weidner E. '' Gestirn-Darstellungen auf babylonischen Tontafeln. Wien, 1967 (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philos.-hist. Kl., Sitzungsberichte, Bd. 254, Abh. 2).</ref>, 11, K 3753:6],		** "Raven, the constellation of Adad, reaches the path of the Sun" [Weidner 1967<ref name=":17">''Weidner E. '' Gestirn-Darstellungen auf babylonischen Tontafeln. Wien, 1967 (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philos.-hist. Kl., Sitzungsberichte, Bd. 254, Abh. 2).</ref>, 11, K 3753:6],
	* GURUN: NUNUZ: ''ḫa-aḫ-ḫ-ḫu-ru š''[''a''<sub>2</sub> ''iqbû''(E<sup>?</sup>]-''u''<sub>2</sub>) / ''ina'' ŠA<sub>3</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>		* GURUN: NUNUZ: ''ḫa-aḫ-ḫ-ḫu-ru š''[''a''<sub>2</sub> ''iqbû''(E<sup>?</sup>]-''u''<sub>2</sub>) / ''ina'' ŠA<sub>3</sub> ''ša''<sub>2</sub> <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>
	** "The fruit = egg = raven, so they say, (referring to the place?) the middle of the Raven constellation" [SpTU I, 49:27-28],		** "The fruit = egg = raven, so they say, (referring to the place?) the middle of the Raven constellation" [SpTU I, 49:27-28],

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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e . A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG5.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014: 164).		<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>[[U2-ge-e\|u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e]] . A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG5.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014: 164). <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup>/<sup>mul</sup>UGA can be a name for two configurations of stars in the same part of the sky <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]], but this is not the case for <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e which occurs as Ea V in CT 33 9 rev. and Nv. 10: 38' and so clearly not in the same location as <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> which occurs in the Anu 8 position in both tablets.


	~~'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''~~
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	* <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA (= <sup>mul</sup>U<sub>9</sub>.GA),		* <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA (= <sup>mul</sup>U<sub>9</sub>.GA),
	* <sup>mul</sup> u.ge.e,		* <sup>mul</sup> u<sub>2</sub>.ge.e,
	* <sup>mul</sup>UG.GA,		* <sup>mul</sup>UG.GA,
	* <sup>mul</sup>DUG<sub>2</sub>.GA;		* <sup>mul</sup>DUG<sub>2</sub>.GA;

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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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> Two near homonyms are sometimes substituted for <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> and/or <sup>mul</sup>UGA''.'' These being <sup>mul</sup>[[UG5.GA]]. 'The Dead Star' and <sup>mul</sup>u<sub>2</sub>-ge-e . A syllabic writing ''ug-ga'' for <sup>mul</sup>UG5.GA occurs in the Astrolabe list of Rising Stars manuscript BM 59573: 6, 11 (Horowitz 2014: 164).

	'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''		'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''
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	* = ''āribu'' "Raven";		* = ''āribu'' "Raven";

	constellation corresponding to the modern Raven ([[Corvus]]) [Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 132, 133; BPO 2<ref name=":1">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> A/2, 266b; Salonen 1973<ref>''Salonen A.'' Vögel und Vogelfang im alten Mesopotamien. Helsinki 1973.</ref>, 131, 282-3].		A constellation corresponding to the modern Raven ([[Corvus]]) [Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 132, 133; BPO 2<ref name=":1">''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 15; CAD<ref>''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> A/2, 266b; Salonen 1973<ref>''Salonen A.'' Vögel und Vogelfang im alten Mesopotamien. Helsinki 1973.</ref>, 131, 282-3].

	Krebernik<ref name=":16" /> elaborates that the sumerogram can also be written <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA “dead”, see, e.g., Horowitz 2014, 148. <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (AN 14l ). ''a-ri-bu'' (AN 12r).		Krebernik<ref name=":16" /> elaborates that the sumerogram can also be written <sup>mul</sup>UG<sub>5</sub>.GA “dead”, see, e.g., Horowitz 2014, 148. <sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (AN 14l ). ''a-ri-bu'' (AN 12r).

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	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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>

			'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''
	~~'''Are we using dbn as an abbreviation for dalbanna as below everywhere??? - no'''~~

	'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''
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	'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss'''		'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss with dug-ga-e in Enuma Elish'''
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	'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? - no'''		'''we need an UG5.GA/UG5. UG.GA - u-ge-e entry??? -discuss'''
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	[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]		[[File:MUSh stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|UGA<sup>mušen</sup> at the tail of MUŠ in Mesopotamian uranography]]
	<sup>mul</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner ~~???~~, Beaulieu et al. 2018: ~~???~~. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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</sup>UGA<sup>mušen</sup> (𒀯𒌑𒉀𒂵𒄷) = ''āribu''/''ēribu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the form of a bird that forms a super-constellation with [[MUŠ]] for which an ancient drawing dating to ca. 4th century BCE is found in the drawings relating to the Uranology group (see e.g. Weidner 1967: tf. 5-6, 9-10, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 99. The bird could be a raven or a crow, as these two birds are not at all times and all places distinguished lexigraphically from one another.<ref name=":16">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>