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Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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<sup>(mul)</sup>''Marratu'' (𒀯𒈥𒊏𒌈) is the most common name for rainbows in Akkadian.  For the Rainbow-star see <sup>mul</sup>[[IM.ŠEŠ]], <sup>mul</sup>[[TIR.AN.NA]] and ''[[TIR.AN.NA|manzat]]'' [Horowitz 2016<ref>Horowitz W. (2016): “All About Rainbows,” in K. Schmid and C. Uehlinger eds., Laws of Heaven, Laws of Nature: The Legal Interpretation of Cosmic Phenomena in the Ancient World, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO, Fribourg: Academic Press, and Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht): 40-51</ref>].   
<sup>(mul)</sup>''Marratu'' (𒀯𒈥𒊏𒌈) is the most common name for rainbows in Akkadian.  For the Rainbow-star see <sup>mul</sup>[[IM.ŠEŠ]], <sup>mul</sup>[[TIR.AN.NA]] and ''[[TIR.AN.NA|manzat]]'' [Horowitz 2016<ref>Horowitz W. (2016): “All About Rainbows,” in K. Schmid and C. Uehlinger eds., Laws of Heaven, Laws of Nature: The Legal Interpretation of Cosmic Phenomena in the Ancient World, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO, Fribourg: Academic Press, and Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht): 40-51</ref>].   



Latest revision as of 08:13, 17 January 2026

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


(mul)Marratu (𒀯𒈥𒊏𒌈) is the most common name for rainbows in Akkadian. For the Rainbow-star see mulIM.ŠEŠ, mulTIR.AN.NA and manzat [Horowitz 2016[1]].

Concordance, Etymology, History[2]

= mulIM.ŠEŠ "Rainbow";

constellation in southwestern Pisces(?), see (Kurtik i09) IM.ŠEŠ.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m12) Gössmann (1950)
= mulIM.ŠEŠ «Радуга»; созвездие в юго-западной части Рыб (Pisces)(?), см. i09IM.ŠEŠ.
  • The equation "marratu" = TIR.AN.NA is given on page 146, in the entry for SIN
  • (Gössmann 184) dḪarr.ri.ru also mentions the equation with TIR.AN.NA that is given in MUL.APIN
  • TIR.AN.NA itself is given as (Gössmann 407) without identification.

References

  1. Horowitz W. (2016): “All About Rainbows,” in K. Schmid and C. Uehlinger eds., Laws of Heaven, Laws of Nature: The Legal Interpretation of Cosmic Phenomena in the Ancient World, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO, Fribourg: Academic Press, and Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht): 40-51
  2. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.