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[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg|thumb|The Corpse (Dead Man) next to The Eagle, paintings by Jessica Gullberg ([[References (Babylonian)|References]])]]
[[File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg|thumb|The Corpse (Dead Man) next to The Eagle, paintings by Jessica Gullberg ([[References (Babylonian)|References]])]]
<sup>(mul)</sup>''Buššānītu'' (𒀯𒁍𒍑𒃻𒉌𒌈) is a name for the Hyena-star <sup>mul</sup> ''būṩu'' that is associated with the Corpse-star (<sup>mul</sup>[[AD6|ADDA]] = pagru). It occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Elish.  For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207 (see below) with commentary on ibid 31, 362, 366-367.  See ''[[Gizzānītu]]'', for the relevant page in this work. See also <sup>mul</sup>KIR<sub>4</sub> = būşu.   
<sup>(mul)</sup>''Buššānītu'' (𒀯𒁍𒍑𒃻𒉌𒌈) is a name for the Hyena-star <sup>mul</sup> ''būṣu'' that is associated with the Corpse-star (<sup>mul</sup>[[AD6|ADDA]] = ''pagru''). It occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Eliš.  For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 3-12 with commentary on ibid. 31, 362, 366-367.  See also <sup>mul</sup>[[KIR4|KIR<sub>4</sub>]] = ''būṣu''.   


==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
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Kurtik (2007) and Gössmann (1950) previously read this star name as ''Puššānītu'' (Kurtik p07, Gössmann 359).
Kurtik (2007) and Gössmann (1950) previously read this star name as ''Puššānītu'' (Kurtik p07, Gössmann 359).


'''Var. designations:'''  
'''Miscellanous'''
* <s>Lit. "Another mouth",</s>
* <s>An epithet associated with the constellation KA "Mouth";</s>
* Only in BM 55466+, see (Kurtik g24) ''[[Gizzānītu]]'', (Kurtik k01) [[KA]].
Also to be added KIR4 = būşu'', 'Hyena-star''' - on the basis of the Reyonolds text above 


<sup>mul</sup>KIR<sub>4</sub> = būşu, 'Hyena-star' occurs in a calendrical mythological workSee Reynolds 2019: 206-207 with the relevant passage sub. ''[[Gizzānītu]]'',   
'''Calendar Text:''' Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 3-12 (see ''[[Gizzānītu]]'').  See previously (Kurtik g24) for BM 55466+, and (Kurtik k01) [[KA]]. Note Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 11 for  <sup>mu[[LKIR4|l]]</sup>[[KIR4|KIR<sub>4</sub>]] = ''būşu'', 'Hyena-star' in this passage.   
 
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==Historical Dictionaries==
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Latest revision as of 06:11, 2 July 2026

Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, Hermann Hunger


The Corpse (Dead Man) next to The Eagle, paintings by Jessica Gullberg (References)

(mul)Buššānītu (𒀯𒁍𒍑𒃻𒉌𒌈) is a name for the Hyena-star mul būṣu that is associated with the Corpse-star (mulADDA = pagru). It occurs in a calendrical mystical-mythological work in connection with the 'Marduk battle against Tiamat' tradition of Enuma Eliš. For the latest edition see Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 3-12 with commentary on ibid. 31, 362, 366-367. See also mulmulKIR4, būšu = būṣu.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Var. reading:

  • buššānītu, See above and Gizzānītu.
  • Puššānītu (old reading)

Kurtik (2007) and Gössmann (1950) previously read this star name as Puššānītu (Kurtik p07, Gössmann 359).

Miscellanous

Calendar Text: Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 3-12 (see Gizzānītu). See previously (Kurtik g24) for BM 55466+, and (Kurtik k01) KA. Note Reynolds 2019: 206-207: 11 for mulmulKIR4, būšu = būşu, 'Hyena-star' in this passage.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, p07) Gössmann (1950)
вар.: buššānītu, букв. «Другой рот», эпитет, связанный с созвездием KA «Рот»; только в BM 55466+, см. g24Gizzānītu, k01KA. (359) puššanîtum (239)

s. mulKA.

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.