UDU.NITA2
UDU.NITA2
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Wayne Horowitz, Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Susanne M Hoffmann, Euin Choung Kim
mulUDU.NITA2 (𒀯𒇻𒀴), The Ram, is the star at the head of the staff in mulgam3 = gamlu, 'The Crook,' (Auriga) as identified in Uranology Texts and the star-list VR 46: muludu.nita2 = sag.du mulgam3, 'The Ram' = the head of 'The Crook.' In VR 46 'The Ram' must be the very bright star (α Aurigae = Capella), making it one of a select single-stars in larger asterisms that has its own independent Sumerian-Akkadian name. This also seems to be case in Uranalogy Text E rev. 7-8) which makes a explicit reference to one single (išten) star with reference to the head of a ram, although line 9 places multiple stars in the head of the crook in 'The Crook' asterism. This uncertainty cannot be resolved as the start of rev. 8'-9' are too damaged to allow for certain reading.
Is ina here in line 8 ša2??? - read with group??? from photo
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
"Star-Lamb" [Gössmann 1950[2] 142].
| Sources | Identifications |
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list of stars VR 46, 1:49:
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| Uranology Text E [MLC 1884 rev. 6-8, Beaulieu et al. 2018: 63]
6' ina ŠUII 15-šú GÀM na-ši 7' i[na?](erased?) GÀM DIŠ+en mulGÀM GUB-zu 8' SAG.DU GÀM SAG.DU UDU.NÍTA 9' ⌈2(or 3)⌉ MUL ina SAG.DU GÀM e-ṣir.MEŠ 6' In its right hand it carries a crook, 7' In the crook one (star called) “The Crook” stands. 8' The head of the crook is the head of a ram. 2 (or 3) stars in the head of the crook are drawn. |
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, u10) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| «Звезда-Баран» [G. 142]. Только в списке звезд VR 46, 1:49: muludu.nita2 = sag.du mulgam3 «Звезда-Баран = голова Посоха» [HBA 52; Wee 2016, 162–3]; группа звезд в Возничем (Auriga), см. также g06GAM3. | Example |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ Weidner E. Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.
- ↑ Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.
