Eridu

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

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An Akkadian name for the asterism ( e-ri-du) whose name is normally written in Sumerian ^mulNUN ^ki (𒀯𒉣𒆠), which can also be read ^muleridu^ki, in the area of Vela. The asterism is identified with the Sumero-Akkadian god of the waters, Enki = Ea, whose city is indeed Eridu located in southernmost Mesopotamia proximate to the Persian Gulf coast.

Concordance, Etymology, History

For the Akkadian syllabic rendering of the name see the Urra star-list from Emar, Emar VI/4 151: 162: ^mulNUN^ki = e-ri-du.

This syllabic writing at Emar can support a readings ^muleridu or ^muleridu^ki for references given sub (Kurtik n50) ^mulNUN^ki.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e17)	Gössmann (1950)
аккадская параллель к mulNUNki «(Звезда города) Эриду»; силлабическая запись в списке звезд из Эмара; см. n50NUNki	Example

References

• Kurtik's references