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Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
<sup>d</sup>TI.MU<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀭𒋾𒊬𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
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<sup>d</sup>TI.MU<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀭𒋾𒊬𒀀).  The cuneiform signs DINGIR TI SAR A.  The sign SAR has numerous readings and meanings.  The reading mu<sub>2</sub>, with the equivalence in Akkadian being ''napāhu'', 'to light up,' fits best for the luminousity of Venus.  
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 8 March 2026

Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, David Hilder, Susanne M Hoffmann, Wayne Horowitz, Jan Safford, Euin Choung Kim


dTI.MU2.A (𒀭𒋾𒊬𒀀). The cuneiform signs DINGIR TI SAR A. The sign SAR has numerous readings and meanings. The reading mu2, with the equivalence in Akkadian being napāhu, 'to light up,' fits best for the luminousity of Venus.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Var. reading:

  • dTI.SAR.A;
  • = "Sparkling"(?); epithet of the goddess Ishtar as the planet Venus [Gössmann[2] 406; Tallqvist 1938[3], 472].

Sources

In the list of gods AN:

  • dAnum (IV 176): dTi.mu2.a = min(d8-tar2 mul.<meš> = dIštar kakkabī) "Timua = Goddess of the stars" [CT[4] 25, 31:11; Litke 1998[5], 161:180].

See also [Cooley 2013[6], 135, note 159].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: dTI.SAR.A; = «Сверкающая»(?); эпитет богини Иштар как планеты Венера [Gössmann 1950, 406; Tallqvist 1938, 472].

I. Источники.

В списке богов AN:dAnum (IV 176): dTi.mu2.a = min(d8-tar2 mul.<meš> = dIštar kakkabī) «Тимуа = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:11; Litke 1998, 161:180].

См. также [Cooley 2013, 135, note 159].

Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  3. Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
  4. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
  5. Litke R.L. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:dA-nu-um and AN:Anu ša2 amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).
  6. Cooley, J. (2013). Poetic Astronomy in the Ancient Near East: The Reflexes of Celestial Science in Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Israelite Narrative.