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<sup>d</sup>USAN<sub>2</sub>.PA.SIKIL (𒀭𒄝𒉺𒂖) is an epithet of the goddess Ishtar in her astronomical guise as Venus. | <sup>d</sup>USAN<sub>2</sub>.PA.SIKIL (𒀭𒄝𒉺𒂖) is an epithet of the goddess Ishtar in her astronomical guise as Venus. Given that Sumerian usan<sub>2</sub> is a Sumerian term for the evening, this must be Venus as an evening star. | ||
'''I wonder if this should be read PA.E3 - (or maybe short PA.E3 - Sikil - work on the Wayne Sumerian)???''' | |||
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Epithet of Venus as the evening star(?); in the AN: | Epithet of Venus as the evening star(?); in the AN: | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 29 March 2026
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann
dUSAN2.PA.SIKIL (𒀭𒄝𒉺𒂖) is an epithet of the goddess Ishtar in her astronomical guise as Venus. Given that Sumerian usan2 is a Sumerian term for the evening, this must be Venus as an evening star.
I wonder if this should be read PA.E3 - (or maybe short PA.E3 - Sikil - work on the Wayne Sumerian)???
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
Epithet of Venus as the evening star(?); in the AN:
- dAnum series (IV 174):
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, u27) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| эпитет Венеры как вечерней звезды(?); в серии AN:dAnum (IV 174): dusan2.pa.sikil = dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš> «Усанпасикиль = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31, K.2109+ rev. ii 10; Litke 1998, 161; Tallqvist 1938, 481]. | Example |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
