AGA

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Customised after Boehmer: Top from left: simple horns, crown with plant elements, idol crown (Early Dynastic) and standard crown (Old Babylonian) Bottom from left: horn polos (Old Babylonian), horn crown and feather polos (Neo-Assyrian), pointed horn crown (Late Hittite). [CC-BY 4.0 DieLöffelente

AGA (𒂆) is a term for crown in ancient Mesopotamia, designates crown-shaped asterisms in several constellations including ‘The Crown of Anu’ (see below).

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

= mulAgû "Crown, Tiara"; when describing the figures of a series of constellations.

Including:

  1. mulAGA dAnim (see Kurtik a12).
  2. mulAGA SIPA.ZI.AN.NA (see Kurtik s22).
  3. mulAGA UD.KA.DU8.A (see Kurtik u06).
  4. mulAGA dZa-ba4-ba4 (see Kurtik z01).
  5. AGA as attributive to mulal-lu-ut-tum (see Kurtik a18).

This term was also used to describe phenomena associated with Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. Venus and the crowns, cf. [ARAK[1], 51 r.1, 461:3; BPO 2[2], 20; BPO 3[3], 11-12; CAD[4] A/1, 156-157], the Moon and the Crown, cf. [ARAK[5], 310; CAD[6] A/1, 156-157; LABS[7], 13 r. 9, 59:13, 101 r. 9, 110:5, 121:5], the Sun and the Crown, cf. [ARAK[8], 384:7; CAD[9] A/1, 157; van Soldt[10], Table 26 IV 7, A 8].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, a11) Gössmann (1950)
= mulagû «Корона, Тиара»; при описании фигур ряда созвездий.

В том числе:

          (1) mulAGA dAnim (см. a12).

           (2) mulAGA SIPA.ZI.AN.NA (см. s22).

           (3) mulAGA UD.KA.DU8.A (см. u06).

           (4) mulAGA dZa-ba4-ba4 (см. z01).

       (5) AGA как атрибут mulal-lu-ut-tum (см. a18).

Этот термин употреблялся также для описания явлений, связанных с Венерой, Луной и Солнцем. Венера  и короны, см. [ARAK, 51 r.1, 461:3; BPO 2, 20; BPO 3, 11–12; CAD A/1, 156–157], Луна и Корона, см. [ARAK, 310; CAD A/1, 156–157; LABS, 13 r. 9,  59:13, 101 r. 9, 110:5, 121:5], Солнце и корона, см. [ARAK, 384:7; CAD A/1, 157; van Soldt, Table 26 IV 7, A 8].

References

  1. Hunger H. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. Helsinki, 1992 (State Archives of Assyria, VIII).
  2. Reiner E., Pingree D. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).
  3. Reiner E., Pingree D. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.
  4. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  5. Hunger H. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. Helsinki, 1992 (State Archives of Assyria, VIII).
  6. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  7. Parpola S. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).
  8. Hunger H. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. Helsinki, 1992 (State Archives of Assyria, VIII).
  9. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  10. Soldt W.H. van. Solar Omens of Enuma Anu Enlil: Tablets 23(24) – 29(30). Istanbul, 1995.