Ēdu

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Ēdu

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


, Sumerian dili being a writing for the number one, here as a numeral adjective, 'single, solitary, unique.'. It is used in reference to single stars in multi-star asterisms. For example, (Kurtik d07) DILI, (Kurtik d08) DILI ša2 KUN-šu2., 'the single star in its (UR.GU.LA's) tail' (GU-text, J).

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e07) Gössmann (1950)
аккадская параллель к mul/múlDILI «Отдельная (единственная) звезда»; в названиях ziqpu-звезд VI, XXIV, см. d07DILI, d08DILI ša2 KUN-šu2 . Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.