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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.  Given that Sumerian usan<sub>2</sub> is a Sumerian term for the evening, this must be Venus as an evening-star.   
<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:  

Revision as of 17:25, 15 March 2026

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


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):
    • dusan2.pa.sikil = d8-tar2 mul.<meš>
    • "Usanpasikil = Goddess of the stars" [CT[2] 25, 31, K.2109+ rev. ii 10; Litke 1998[3], 161; Tallqvist 1938[4], 481].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, u27) Gössmann (1950)
эпитет Венеры как вечерней звезды(?); в серии AN:dAnum (IV 174): dusan2.pa.sikil = d8-tar2 mul.<meš> «Усанпасикиль = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31, K.2109+ rev. ii 10; Litke 1998, 161; Tallqvist 1938, 481]. Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
  3. 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).
  4. Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.