AMA.ME.TIL

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

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Pleiades and Venus in the morning sky. (by Susanne M Hoffmann)

^dAMA.ME.TIL (𒀭𒂼𒈨𒁁) is a Sumerian name for Ishtar of the Stars, namely Venus.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Variant reading:

• ^dAMA.ME.BAD, lit. "the mother goddess, ME gathering";
• an epithet of the goddess Ishtar like the planet Venus [Gössmann 1950, 18; Tallqvist 1938, 37, 261].

Sources	Identifications
In the list of the gods AN: dAnum (IV 180): [d]˹ama˺.me.til = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) "Amametil = Goddess of the stars" [CT 25, 31:12; Litke 1996, 161:180].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, a26)	Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: dAMA.ME.BAD, букв. «Богиня-мать, ME собирающая»; эпитет богини Иштар как планеты Венера [Gössmann 1950, 18; Tallqvist 1938, 37, 261]. I. Источники. В списке богов AN:dAnum (IV 180): [d]˹ama˺.me.til = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Амаметил = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:12; Litke 1996, 161:180].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references