Ereš-ki-gal

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Ereš-ki-gal

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


"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain).

Ereškigal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation mulMUŠ (Hydra) [Gössmann[2] 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8 .

Sources Identifications
"The Great Star List and Miscellenea".
  • [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu)
  • "Ereškigal = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.[3], App. B:110].
Planet Mars.
List of stars V R 46, 1:29.
  • mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal
  • "Snake = Ereškigal" [HBA[4], 52:29; Wee 2016[5], 162-3].
The Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)

See (Kurtik m43) mul (d)MUŠ, (Kurtik n29) dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e16) Gössmann (1950)
богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (mulMUŠ) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34–35].

I. Источники.

«Большой список звезд». [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu) «Эрешкигаль = Марс» [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110]. Список звезд V R 46, 1:29. mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal «Змея = Эрешкигаль» [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162–3].

См. m43dMUŠ, n29dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.

Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  3. Koch-Westenholz U. Mesopotamian  Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.
  4. Weidner E. Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.
  5. 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.