E.TA.NAM.AN

^dE.TA.NAM.AN (𒀭𒂊𒋫𒉆𒀭) is a divine-name that is listed as a name for the astronomical manifestation of Inanna = Ištar, the goddess Venus.

Visibility and Appearance

Images of Venus (Naked Eye Appearance)

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  Venus above Sahara (Nov. 2005, Susanne M Hoffmann)
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  Venus above campfire (Sahara 2008, SMH)
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  Moon and Venus in morning twilight above Austrian mountains (CC BY Susanne M Hoffmann 2016).
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  Venus and Pleiades above a mountain at Dawn in Europe (SMH 2020)
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  Venus above the rocks at Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023), it's already rather dark (not really dusk any more).
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  Venus above the Gate to the Shaolin Temple (China 2024, SMH)
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  Venus and Moon at Dusk (Europe, SMH 2025)
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  Saturn, Venus and Moon at Dusk (SMH 2025)
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  Moon and Venus in tropical dusk in Indonesia (Karimunjawa, SMH 2024).
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  Moon and Venus at Dusk (SMH 2025).
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  Venus and Moon at Dusk, 2025 (SMH)
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  Venus above houses, evening star, (SMH 2025)
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  Venus and Pleiades at Dusk in Europe (SMH 2020), for comparison of brightness

Dictionary

Variant readings and signs:

• ^dE.TA.NA₇.AN, ^dA.TA.NAM.AN; = "not to be hostile"(?); epithet of Venus [G. 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161].

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Lists of the gods.

• ^dE.ta.nam.an = min(= ^dIš₈-tar₂ mul.<meš>) "Etanaman = Ištar of the stars" [CT 25, 31:14]. See also ^dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998, 161:183 + note].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e03)	Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения и обозначения: dE.TA.NA7.AN, dA.TA.NAM.AN; = «быть не враждебным»(?); эпитет Венеры [G. 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161]. I. Источники. Списки богов. dE.ta.nam.an = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Этанаман = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:14]. См. также dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998, 161:183 + note].	...

References

• Kurtik's references