Ḫar-ri-ru

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Ḫar-ri-ru

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

dḪar-ri-ru (𒀭𒄯𒊑𒊒), The Field Mouse, is a multi-star asterism in the constellation of mulLU.LIM (Andromeda); it is associated to the Rainbow God.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

Field Mouse in Midland Provincial Park, Canada, CC BY As2020sa
  • = PEŠ2.A.ŠA3.GA (no logographic record in astronomical texts);
  • = a kind of mouse (field mouse?) [Landsberger 1934[2], 16-17, 194; AHw[3] 327; CAD[4] Ḫ, 113-114]; a star or group of stars in the eastern section of Andromeda (Andromeda) [Gössmann[5] 153, 184, 248].
Sources Identifications
MUL.APIN.

In the list of the stars of Enlil (no. 31):

  • MULmeš um-mu-lu-tu4 ša2 ina GABA mulLU.LIM / GUBmeš-zu dḪar-ri-ru dTIR.AN.NA
  • "The dim stars, that which lay on the Stag's chest: Harriru, Rainbow" (I i 32-33) [MA[6], 27].
 Example

It seems to occur only in MUL.APIN where it is determined as a deity. Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)[7] remark that the term is dingified only in astronomical context:

“Field Mouse” (lit. “digger”); outside astronomical contexts not attested as a deity! dḪar-ri-ru (Enlil, line 31 right).

Additional

Identification.

         = in the constellation Andromeda [Gössmann[5] 153].

         = αγδε Cassiopeiae (= LU.LIM) [Waerden 1949[8], 21; Weidner 1957-59[9], 79].

         = 18, 31, 32 Andromedae (?) [MA[6], 138; BPO 2[10], 12; ASM[11], 273, 275].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, h04) Gössmann (1950)
= PEŠ2.A.ŠA3.GA (логографическая запись в астрономических текстах не встречается); = разновидность мыши (полевая мышь?) [Landsberger 1934, 16–17, 194; AHw 327; CAD Ḫ, 113–114]; звезда или группа звезд в восточной части Андромеды (Andromeda) [G. 153, 184, 248].

I. Источники.

MUL.APIN. В списке звезд Энлиля (№ 31): MULmeš um-mu-lu-tu4 ša2 ina GABA mulLU.LIM / GUBmeš-zu dḪar-ri-ru dTIR.AN.NA «Тусклые звезды, что на груди Оленя: Харриру, Радуга» (I i 32–33) [MA, 27].

II. Отождествление.

= в созвездии Andromeda [G. 153].

= αγδε Cassiopeiae (= LU.LIM) [Waerden 1949, 21; Weidner 1957–59, 79].

= 18, 31, 32 Andromedae (?) [MA, 138; BPO 2, 12; ASM, 273, 275].

Example

References

  1. ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. ↑ Landsberger B. Die Fauna des alten Mesopotamien nach der 14.Tafel der Serie DAR-RA = Cubullu. Leipzig, 1934.
  3. ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  4. ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY
  7. ↑ Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579
  8. ↑ Waerden B. L. van der. Babylonian astronomy. II. The thirty Six Stars // JNES. V. 8. P. 6-26.
  9. ↑ Weidner E. mul gir2.tab = zuqaqîpi // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].
  10. ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).
  11. ↑ Hunger H., Pingree D. Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.
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