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=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim === | === Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim === | ||
= <sup>mul</sup>''Aḫātu'' "Sister" | = <sup>mul</sup>''Aḫātu'' "Sister"; | ||
an epithet of Ishtar as the planet Venus, who was considered the sister of the sun god Shamash [Lambert 1987, 95; Tallqvist 1938, 332-333]. | |||
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| A Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night. | | A Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night. | ||
* In the first place: <sup>mul</sup>''a-ḫa-ti'' [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:1; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43], see also (Kurtik a15) ''Aḫû'' | * In the first place: <sup>mul</sup>''a-ḫa-ti'' [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:1; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43], see also (Kurtik a15) ''[[Aḫû]]'' | ||
| | In this source, there are five terms (''a-ha-ti, ga-ga, dumuzi, ninkizida, shulpae'') and there are five star-like planets. Lambert 1987 equals them to (Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter). | ||
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[Lambert 1987, 95/96] | |||
"Venus (Itar) can only be the first: a-ha-ti. This, we suggest, is ''aḫati'' "sister (of)", rather than ''ahatti'' "outside" etc., since Itar was sister of Samag, the sun, the most conspicuous heavenly body. Identification of the other three is uncertain. Antagal G 309 (apud CAD salbatinu) identified Simut, an Elamite god of the netherworld (= Nergal: AfK 2 72 16) as ''Salbatanu'', Mars. So it could be argued that Ningigzida in this list, being a Sumerian god of the netherworld, is Mars. Then since Dumuzi(d) would be ''maru kinu'' in Akkadian translation, Kayamanu (Saturn), being linguistically a fuller form of kfnu, might mean Dumuzi. | |||
Then since Kakka under his aliases Ningubur, Ilabrat and Papsukkal became a vizier or messenger of all the gods, he could be Mercury because the Greek god equivalent to Mercury, Hermes, was an errand boy for the other gods." | |||
== Historical Dictionaries == | == Historical Dictionaries == | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 31 July 2024
a Mesopotamian term.
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
= mulAḫātu "Sister";
an epithet of Ishtar as the planet Venus, who was considered the sister of the sun god Shamash [Lambert 1987, 95; Tallqvist 1938, 332-333].
| Sources | Identifications |
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A Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night.
In this source, there are five terms (a-ha-ti, ga-ga, dumuzi, ninkizida, shulpae) and there are five star-like planets. Lambert 1987 equals them to (Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter). |
[Lambert 1987, 95/96]
"Venus (Itar) can only be the first: a-ha-ti. This, we suggest, is aḫati "sister (of)", rather than ahatti "outside" etc., since Itar was sister of Samag, the sun, the most conspicuous heavenly body. Identification of the other three is uncertain. Antagal G 309 (apud CAD salbatinu) identified Simut, an Elamite god of the netherworld (= Nergal: AfK 2 72 16) as Salbatanu, Mars. So it could be argued that Ningigzida in this list, being a Sumerian god of the netherworld, is Mars. Then since Dumuzi(d) would be maru kinu in Akkadian translation, Kayamanu (Saturn), being linguistically a fuller form of kfnu, might mean Dumuzi.
Then since Kakka under his aliases Ningubur, Ilabrat and Papsukkal became a vizier or messenger of all the gods, he could be Mercury because the Greek god equivalent to Mercury, Hermes, was an errand boy for the other gods."
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| = mulAḫātu «Сестра»(?); эпитет Иштар как планеты Венеры, которая считалась сестрой бога Солнца Шамаша [Lambert 1987, 95; Tallqvist 1938, 332–333].
I. Источники. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. На первом месте: mula-ḫa-ti [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:1; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43], см. также a15Aḫû. |
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