Kayyamānu(m)
mulKayyamānu(m) (𒀯𒅗𒀀𒀀𒀀𒈠𒉌) 'The Constant One,' is an Akkadian name for Saturn, corresponding to the standard Sumerian names mulSAG.UŠ,mulGENNA.
Images of Saturn
Saturn (uppest), Venus (next to the tree) and the Moon (at the horizon) at dusk in January 2025 (Susanne M Hoffmann).
Saturn at the upper (dark) edge of the Moon on January 4, 2025, short before its occultation. It is obvious that Saturn is visible even with a slightly cloudy/ foggy sky.
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
= "Unchanging, Constant"; not a frequently used Akkadian parallel to mulUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ, mulSAG.UŠ, GENNA = Saturn [G. 333; AHw, 420; CAD K, 36-38]. For examples of syllabic writings, see (Kurtik g10) GENNA. See also the description of the ritual of the Laying on of Hands (ŠU.IL2.LA2.KAM): ... [ša IGI mulṢal]-bat-a-nu / [xxxx] x ka-a-a-a-ma-nu "[which before M]ars (and) [...] Saturn (is performed)" (?) [LABS, 206 r. 5′-6′], and also: TA ŠA3 mulŠU.PA-ma ka-a-a-ma-ni IGI "from the region of Šupa Saturn appears(?)", see (Kurtik sh17) ŠU.PA, IV 8.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, k08) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| = «Неизменный, Постоянный»; не часто используемая аккадская параллель к mulUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ, mulSAG.UŠ, GENNA = Сатурн [G. 333; AHw, 420; CAD K, 36–38]. Примеры силлабической записи см. g10GENNA. См. также описание ритуала «Воздевания рук» (ŠU.IL2.LA2.KAM): … [ša IGI mulṢal]-bat-a-nu / [xxxx] x ka-a-a-ma-nu «[который перед М]арсом (и) […] Сатурном (совершается)» (?) [LABS, 206 r. 5′–6′], а также: TA ŠA3 mulŠU.PA-ma ka-a-a-ma-ni IGI «из области Шупы Сатурн появляется(?)», см. sh17ŠU.PA, IV 8. | Example |
