MUL.MUL.LA
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, Jan Safford
MUL.MUL.LA (𒀯𒀯𒆷), for Akkadian mulmullu is a poetic name for 'the Arrow,' Sirius and adjacent areas in Canis Major.
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
Previously read mulmullu(?) "arrow." [AHw[2], 671a; CAD[3] M/2, 190-191; Gössmann[4] 278].
Identity:
mu-ulmul = mul-mul-lum in the lexical series Aa II/6 ii 37 [MSL XIV[5], 291].
The name occurs only in the astrological list of stars VR 46, 1:26. mul.mul.la gištukul ša2 šuII damar.utu "Arrow, weapon, which in the hands of Marduk," see also [HBA[6], 52; Wee 2016[7], 162-3].
A commentary on the term mulmullu, a term for arrows (as in bows and arrows) in a hunting context in the Babylonian Theodicy line 60 (Lambert 1960: 74-75) makes an identification of this asterism name with those for Sirius: mul.mul šil-tah (for šiltahu, Akkadian for mulkak.si.sá). Previously Schaumberger took this as a Akkadian loan-word from Sumerian MUL.MUL "Star Cluster" (Pleiades) [3. Erg., 336].
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, m36) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| = mulmullu(?) «Стрела» [AHw, 671a; CAD M/2, 190–191; Gössmann 1950, 278]. Тождество: mu-ulmul = mul-mul-lum в лексич. серии Aa II/6 ii 37 [MSL XIV, 291]. Название встречается только в астрологическом списке звезд VR 46, 1:26. mul.mul.la gištukul ša2 šuII damar.utu «Стрела, оружие в руках Мардука», см. также [HBA, 52; Wee 2016, 162–3]. Согласно Шаумбергеру, это созвездие MUL.MUL «Звезды» (Плеяды) [3. Erg., 336]. |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
- ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XIV. Ea A = nâqu, Aa A = nâqu with their Forerunners and Related Texts. Ed. by M.Civil and W.G.Lambert. Roma, 1979.
- ↑ 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.
