Ga-ga

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Ga-ga

mulGa-ga (π’€―π’‚΅π’‚΅) is a writing for an ancient Mesopotamian deity and planet name. A reading mulka3.ka3, a name for the vizier of the King of the Heavens, Anu, allows for an identification with the planet Mercury by way of the Roman messenger of the gods Mercurius.

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Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Varient readings: mulDUG.DUG, mulka3-ka3; = Kakka, a deity worshiped in Assyria, probably of Amorite origin, associated with Mercury (?) [G. 103].

Sources Identifications
"Prayers to the Gods of the Night."
  • (1) Hittite prayer: mulga-ga [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:2; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43].
  • (2) Neo-Assyrian prayer: mulga-ga [Oppenheim 1959, 282:10].

Lambert reads the name in accordance with the divine name dka3-ka3, for the the vizier or messenger of the Anu and/or Ishtar, identified with Mercury [Lambert 1987, 94-96]; see also [Litke 1998, 182:146; Steinkeller 1982; Tallqvist 1938, 340]. In the Akkadian myth Nergal and EreΕ‘kigal, Anu sends his messenger Kaka to the Underworld and back, a fitting mission for the planet Mercury.

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Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, g01) GΓΆssmann (1950)
Π²Π°Ρ€. чтСния: mulDUG.DUG, mulka3-ka3; = Какка, боТСство, ΠΏΠΎΡ‡ΠΈΡ‚Π°Π²ΡˆΠ΅Π΅ΡΡ Π² Ассирии, вСроятно, аморитского происхоТдСния, связанноС с ΠœΠ΅Ρ€ΠΊΡƒΡ€ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ (?) [G. 103].

I. Π˜ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡ‡Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΈ.

Β«ΠœΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ‚Π²Ρ‹ Π½ΠΎΡ‡Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΠΌΒ». (1) Π₯Сттская ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ‚Π²Π°: mulga-ga [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:2; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43]. (2) Новоассирийская ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ‚Π²Π°: mulga-ga [Oppenheim 1959, 282:10]. Cогласно ЛэмбСрту, это dka3-ka3 β€” Π²ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡ€ΡŒ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ посланник Ану ΠΈ/ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π˜ΡˆΡ‚Π°Ρ€, отоТдСствляСмый с ΠœΠ΅Ρ€ΠΊΡƒΡ€ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ [Lambert 1987, 94–96]; см. Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ [Litke 1998, 182:146; Steinkeller 1982; Tallqvist 1938, 340].

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