KAR2.ŠUL

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

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^mul₄KAR₂.ŠUL (𒌌𒃸𒂄) is attested only twice, in consecutive omens in the closing section of the series MUL.APIN. In the first omen it is likely a name for Venus since the divine name ^dKAR₂.ŠUL appears elsewhere for the goddess Inanna-Ištar. In the second, ^mul₄KAR₂.ŠUL has more than one star making it a multi-star asterism, also most likely associated with this same goddess (see Hunger-Steele 2019: 125-126).

Concordance, Etymology, History

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Identifications

MUL.APIN. Astrological predictions: (a) DIŠ mul4KAR2.ŠUL ina itiŠE uš-pa-lak-kam-ma BE u2-sa-naq-ma BE NU (or BE-nu) "If mul4KAR2.ŠUL in the month of adar...death" (II iii 17) [MA, 108]; the meaning of the protasis and apodosis is unclear [ibid, 133], (b) DIŠ ina lib3-bi mul4KAR2.ŠUL 1 MUL ma-gal KUR4 lúKUR2 "If one star in mul4KAR2.ŠUL has great brilliance: an enemy" (II iii 18) [MA, 109]. See also [Hunger-Steele 2018, 158-9].

Additional

         In the lists of the gods, ^dKAR₂.ŠUL corresponds with ^dIš-tar and ^dIn-ni-naindicating a connection with Venus ( [Hunger-Steele 2019: 126, MA, 133, Litke 1998, 234:87, Tallqvist 1938, 341).

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, k16)

Gössmann (1950)

вар. чтения:  mul4GAN2.ŠUL; созвездие и/или эпитет Венеры(?) [G. 214; MA, 133]. I. Источники. MUL.APIN. Астрологические предсказания: a) DIŠ mul4KAR2.ŠUL ina itiŠE uš-pa-lak-kam-ma BE u2-sa-naq-ma BE NU (или BE-nu) «Если mul4KAR2.ŠUL в месяце аддару…смерти» (II iii 17) [MA, 108]; смысл протасиса и аподосиса неясен [ibid., 133], b) DIŠ ina lib3-bi mul4KAR2.ŠUL 1 MUL ma-gal KUR4 lúKUR2 «Если одна звезда в mul4KAR2.ŠUL имеет большой блеск: враг» (II iii 18) [MA, 109]. См. также [Hunger–Steele 2018, 158–9]. В списках богов dKAR2.ŠUL соотносится c dIš-tar и dIn-ni-na [Litke 1998, 234:87; MA, 133; Tallqvist 1938, 341], что указывает на связь с Венерой, однако в предсказании b) речь идет, по-видимому, о созвездии.

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References

• Kurtik's references