Ḫar-ri-ru
Ḫar-ri-ru
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Susanne M Hoffmann, Wayne Horowitz, Youla Azkarrula
dḪar-ri-ru (𒀭𒄯𒊑𒊒), The Vole or 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]
- = 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 (I i 32-33):
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It seems to occur only in MUL.APIN where it is determined as a deity. The sentence is part of an explanatory list where the first phrase refers to an asterism "the dusky stars in the chest of the Stag" and the second term/phrase refers to a deity who rules or owns it. In this particular case, the deity is the Rainbow God TIR.AN.NA, and the Vole or Field Mouse seems to belong to it, as it has also the "dingir" determinative. However, then the "dusk stars in the chest of the Stag" don't have a proper name. 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).
The "dingir" determinative is attested in all five exemplars, where this line is preserved. Yet it could also be a misinterpretation of any original (pre-dating MUL.APIN as compendium), so that the correct sentence would have mentioned an asterism The Vole/ The Field Mouse mulḪar-ri-ru associated with dTIR.AN.NA.
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]. |
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References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Landsberger B. Die Fauna des alten Mesopotamien nach der 14.Tafel der Serie DAR-RA = Cubullu. Leipzig, 1934.
- ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
- ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Waerden B. L. van der. Babylonian astronomy. II. The thirty Six Stars // JNES. V. 8. P. 6-26.
- ↑ Weidner E. mul gir2.tab = zuqaqîpi // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].
- ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).
- ↑ Hunger H., Pingree D. Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.
