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UMBIN (𒌢) = ''kakkabu''. Sumerian UMBIN (GAD.TAK<sub>4</sub>.GIŠ) is equated with Akkadian ''kakkabu'' which is the standard Akkadian term for star/asterism in a number of lexical lists. However ''kakkabu'' also has related meanings for 'star-shaped objects or formations' (CAD K 49). Given that the simple meaning of UMBIN is wheel ''(șumdu'', ''magarru''), and that UMBIN is never used as a star-name, nor in astronomical texts as a generic term for stars, it seems certain that the equation UMBIN = ''kakkabu'' is in reference to the shape of a wheel and its spokes which match the shape of drawings of stars, for example the three star-shapes that form the original pictogram of the MUL-sign. | UMBIN (𒌢) = ''kakkabu''. Sumerian UMBIN (GAD.TAK<sub>4</sub>.GIŠ) is equated with Akkadian ''kakkabu'' which is the standard Akkadian term for star/asterism in a number of lexical lists. However ''kakkabu'' also has related meanings for 'star-shaped objects or formations' (CAD K 49). Given that the simple meaning of UMBIN is wheel ''(șumdu'', ''magarru''), and that UMBIN is never used as a star-name, nor in astronomical texts as a generic term for stars, it seems certain that the equation UMBIN = ''kakkabu'' is in reference to the shape of a wheel and its spokes which match the shape of drawings of stars, for example the three star-shapes that form the original pictogram of the MUL-sign. | ||
==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>== | ==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>== | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 26 March 2026
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann
UMBIN (𒌢) = kakkabu. Sumerian UMBIN (GAD.TAK4.GIŠ) is equated with Akkadian kakkabu which is the standard Akkadian term for star/asterism in a number of lexical lists. However kakkabu also has related meanings for 'star-shaped objects or formations' (CAD K 49). Given that the simple meaning of UMBIN is wheel (șumdu, magarru), and that UMBIN is never used as a star-name, nor in astronomical texts as a generic term for stars, it seems certain that the equation UMBIN = kakkabu is in reference to the shape of a wheel and its spokes which match the shape of drawings of stars, for example the three star-shapes that form the original pictogram of the MUL-sign.
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
Var. reading:
- DUBBIN [Gössmann[2] Nachträge].
- For UMBIN = kak-ka-bu see now MSL XIV 303, Ea III 10 (with cross-references to Aa III/1), see also [AHw[3], 421b; CAD[4] K, 45-46]. There are no recognizable star-groups that might match the items wagon-wheel and/or chariot-wheel in the sky indicating some relationship between the entries for UMBIN with mul (giš)MAR.GID2.DA, eriqqu and GIGIR, narkabtu.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, u13) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| вар. чтения: DUBBIN [G. Nachträge]. В лексическом тексте тождество: UMBIN = kak-ka-bu [CT 18, 49 ii 3; CT 19, 33, Text 80-7-19,307:5]; см. также [AHw, 421b; CAD K, 45–46]. | Example |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
- ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
