EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA

^{mul (d)}EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA (𒀯𒂗𒍇𒀭𒈾) is a name for Jupiter.

Visibility & Appearance

Jupiter is the second brightest planet after Venus, but its light is more yellowish than Venus and its motion is slower which is why Jupiter was considered more majestic and identified with the heads of pantheons, and hence Marduk in Mesopotamia.

Images of Jupiter

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  Jupiter in Leo, seen in the Austrian Alp Mountains (SMH 2016).
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  Close Conjunction of Jupiter (brighter) and Mars (reddish) under Orion (upper right), seen from Cape Town (SMH 2024)
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  Closest Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in 2024 (Cape Town, SMH).
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  Jupiter, Mars and Pleiades at Dawn (SMH 2024).
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  Jupiter, Mars, Pleiaden in a slightly cloudy morning twilight (SMH 2024).
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  Jupiter at Dusk, slightly cloudy, still visible (bright). (SMH 2025)
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  Jupiter in Taurus, north of the Hyades & east of the Pleiades (SMH, in early 2025).
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  Jupiter and Venus in comparison to the young lunar crescent (Providence 2025).

Dictionary

= Sumerian "Lord of the heavenly stations" (Akk. bēl manzaz šamê). A the name of Jupiter in the astrological texts [G. 120], most likely with reference to Marduk's star Nēberu as Jupiter and its role in keeping all the stars of heaven aligned in their positions. See discussion sub. n15: Nēberu.

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Sources	Identifications
EAE. See. [BPO 3, (p.), D.T.51 rev. 8].	Example
"Reports." [DIŠ mu]lEN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA i-ba-᾽i-il / A.KAL.ME u A.AN.ME [GAL2.ME] / MUL.EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA: MUL.SAG.ME.[GAR] "(If) Engišgalanna sparkles: [there will be] flood and rain. Engišgalanna = Jupiter." [ARAK, 254:7-9].
MUL.APIN. Astrological predictions: DIŠ mul4 dEN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA KUR4-ma A.AN u A.KAL "If Jupiter has great brilliance: rain and flood" (II iii 33) [MA, 112].	Example

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022)

Gössmann (1950)

= «Владыка небесных стоянок»; название Юпитера в астрологических текстах [G. 120]. I. Источники. EAE. См. [BPO 3, (стр.), D.T.51 rev. 8]. «Рапорты». [DIŠ mu]lEN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA i-ba-᾽i-il / A.KAL.ME u A.AN.ME [GAL2.ME] / MUL.EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA : MUL.SAG.ME.[GAR] «(Если) Энгишгальанна сверкает: [будут] наводнения и дожди. Энгишгальанна = Юпитер» [ARAK, 254:7–9]. MUL.APIN. Астрологические предсказания: DIŠ mul4 dEN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA KUR4-ma A.AN u A.KAL «Если Юпитер имеет большой блеск: дождь и наводнение» (II iii 33) [MA, 112].

Example

References

• Kurtik's references