dSI.MU2.A

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SI.MU2.A

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


dSI.MU2.A (𒀭𒋛𒊬𒀀), [(She) with a lit up horn' is a name for Inanna = Ištar, in her astronomical guise of Venus. For the sign SAR to be read mu2 in this context see above

Concordance, Etymology, History

Var. reading:

  • dSI.SAR.A, lit. "growing(?) horn"; an epithet of Venus [Gössman 1950[1], 129; Tallqvist 1938[2], 287; Litke 1998[3], 161].
Sources Identifications
List of gods.
  • dSi.mu2.a = min(= d8-tar2 mul.<meš>) "Simua = Goddess of the stars" [CT[4] 25, 31:12; Litke 1998[3], 161:178].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, s16) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: dSI.SAR.A, букв. «рог растущий»(?); эпитет Венеры [Gössman 1950, 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161].

I. Источники.

Списки богов. dSi.mu2.a = min(= d8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Симуа = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:12; Litke 1998, 161:178].

Example

References

  1. Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  2. Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.