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''tikpu'' (𒀯𒋾𒅅𒁍) '
''tikpu'' (𒀯𒋾𒅅𒁍).  The term, a noun from the root ''takāpu'' , 'to dot, to make spots, to sew, to stitch,' refers to asterisms consisting of small points of light bound close together to one another that form an element in a larger asterism or constellation.  Seven such ''tikpu'' are listed in the Great Star List and VAT 9418 (KAR 142) including a ''tikpu'' in the constellation <sup>mul</sup>[[U5.RIi2.IN|U<sub>5</sub>.RIi<sub>2</sub>.IN]], this almost certainly being the three stars of the belt of Orion. 


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==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
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Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Euin Choung Kim


tikpu (𒀯𒋾𒅅𒁍). The term, a noun from the root takāpu , 'to dot, to make spots, to sew, to stitch,' refers to asterisms consisting of small points of light bound close together to one another that form an element in a larger asterism or constellation. Seven such tikpu are listed in the Great Star List and VAT 9418 (KAR 142) including a tikpu in the constellation mulU5.RIi2.IN, this almost certainly being the three stars of the belt of Orion.

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Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Lit. "Spot, speckled." [AHw[2], 1357b; Weidner 1957-1959[3] 80b]; "speckled or red stars pertaining to Mars" (?) [3. Erg.[4], 306-7].

Sources Identifications
"Great Star List and Miscellenia".
  • mulgam3 mullugal / mulu5.ri2.in mulka.muš.i3.nag.a / mulis le-e mulmuš mulli9.si4: 7 ti-ik-pi  "Staff, King, Eagle(?), Pest, Bull's Jaw, Snake, Fox: 7 tikpi-(stars)" [Mesop.Astrol.[5], App. B:222-225].
Example
VAT 9418.
  • mulšu.g[i] mulgu4.an.[na] / mul˹sipa˺.zi.an.na mulur.g[u.la] / mulmuš mulgir2.tab mullu.[lim?]: [7] ˹ti˺-ikpi˺ Old M[an], Heaven[ly] Bull, True Shepherd of Anu, L[eo], Snake, Scorpius, De[er?] [7] tikpu-(stars)" [KAR[6], 142 i 35-38].

More than a century ago,  Bezold and Schaumberger [Bezold 1920[7], 119ff.; 3. Erg.[4], 306], attributed the names in the lists of tikpu-stars to Mars. This is now known to be incorrect. See also [Mesop.Astrol.[5], 132] in this connection.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, t03) Gössmann (1950)
букв. «Точка, крапинка» [AHw, 1357b; Weidner 1957–1959 80b]; «пятнистые или красные звезды, относящиеся к Марсу» (?) [3. Erg., 306–7].

I. Источники.

«Большой список звезд». mulgam3 mullugal / mulu5.ri2.in mulka.muš.i3.nag.a / mulis le-e mulmuš mulli9.si4 : 7 ti-ik-pi «Посох, Царь, Орел(?), Вредитель, Челюсть Быка, Змея, Лиси: 7 tikpi-(звезд)» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:222–225]. VAT 9418. mulšu.g[i] mulgu4.an.[na] / mul˹sipa˺.zi.an.na mulur.g[u.la] / mulmuš mulgir2.tab mullu.[lim?] : [7] ˹ti˺-ik-˹pi˺ «Стари[к], Небес[ный] Бык, Праведный Пастух Ану, Л[ев], Змея, Скорпион, Ол[ень?]: [7] tikpu-(звезд)» [KAR, 142 i 35–38].

Названия в списках tikpu-звезд Бецольд и Шаумбергер относят к Марсу [Bezold 1920, 119ff.; 3. Erg., 306], что едва ли соответствует действительности; см. в этой связи также [Mesop.Astrol., 132].

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References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  3. Weidner E. mul gir2.tab = zuqaqîpi // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kugler    F.X.   Sternkunde   und   Sterndienst   in    Babel. 3.Ergänzungsheft   zum   ersten  und   zweiten   Buch   von J.Schaumberger. Münster, 1935.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Koch-Westenholz U. Mesopotamian  Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.
  6. Ebeling E. Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Bd. I-II. Leipzig 1919, 1920.
  7. Antike Beobachtungen farbiger Sterne von Franz Boll. Mit einem Beitrag von Carl Bezold // Abhandlungen der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philos.- philolog.-hist. Kl. 1920. Bd. 30. S. 1-164.