MAN

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(d)MAN (𒀭𒌋𒌋, d20) is a writing for the Mesopotamian Sun-god, Sumerian Utu = Akkadian Šamaš. The sign MAN is the cuneiform numeral 20 (𒌋𒌋, i.e. 2 x 10), the Sun-god's number, as the Moon-god's is 30 (𒌋𒌋𒌋). In this, the Moon-god's number reflects the number of days in the lunar month, and the Sun-god's a special relationship with the 20th of each month (Horowitz 2012[1]). For numerology and the great-gods of the Ancient Mesopotamian Pantheon see Livingstone 1986[2]: 30-33.

Concordance, Etymology, History[3]

Var. reading:

  • (d)20;
  • = dŠamaš,
  • šamšu;
  • "solar god Šamash, the Sun";

designation of the Sun in astrological and astronomical texts [AHw[4], 1158b; CAD[5] Š/1, 335f.; Gössmann[6] 373].

Sources Identifications
EAE.

See. [BPO 3[7], passim; Rochberg-Halton 1988[8], 87:17, note 1; Borger 1973[9], LB 1321 r. 18′, 23′, 28′; Van Soldt 1995[10], passim;].

"Letters" and "Reports."

See. [SAA 8[11], 352a; SAA 10[12], 380b].

"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts."

See. [AD I-III[13], passim].

Horoscopes.

See. [BH, 28, passim].

Mathematical astronomy.

See. [ACT; LBAT[14], passim].

Late astrology.

See. [SpTU I[15], 94:16, 20]

         See also (Kurtik u30) dUTU.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m04) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: (d)20; = dŠamaš, šamšu; «солнечный бог Шамаш, Солнце»; обозначение Солнца в астрологических и астрономических текстах [AHw, 1158b; CAD Š/1, 335f.; Gössmann 1950, 373].

I. Источники.

EAE. См. [BPO 3, passim; Rochberg-Halton 1988, 87:17, note 1; Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 18′, 23′, 28′; Van Soldt 1995, passim;]. «Письма» и «Рапорты». См. [SAA 8, 352a; SAA 10, 380b]. «Дневники наблюдений». См. [AD I–III, passim]. Гороскопы. См. [BH, 28, passim]. Математическая астрономия. См. [ACT; LBAT, passim]. Поздняя астрология. См. [SpTU I, 94:16, 20].

См. также u30dUTU.

Example

References

  1. ↑ Horowitz, W. (2012). “Sundayin Mesopotamia,” in W. Horowitz,John Steele, and Jonathan Ben- Dov eds., Living the Lunar Calendar, Oxbow Publishers, Oxford: 9-18.
  2. ↑ Livingstone  A. Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford, 1986.
  3. ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  4. ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  5. ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  6. ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  7. ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.
  8. ↑ Rochberg-Halton F. Aspect of Babylonian Celestial Divination: The Lunar Eclipse Tablets of Enuma Anu Enlil. Horn, 1988 (AfO, Beiheft 22).
  9. ↑ Borger R. Keilschrifttexte verschiedenen Inhalts / Symbolae Biblicae et Mesopotamicae. Festschrift Th. de Liagre Böhl. Ed. M.A.Beek et al. Leiden, 1973. Р. 38-55.
  10. ↑ Soldt W.H. van. Solar Omens of Enuma Anu Enlil: Tablets 23(24) – 29(30). Istanbul, 1995.
  11. ↑ Hunger H. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. Helsinki, 1992 (State Archives of Assyria, VIII).
  12. ↑ Parpola S. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Helsinki, 1993 (State Archives of Assyria, Vol. X).
  13. ↑ Sachs A., Hunger H. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C.; Vol. II: from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C.; Vol. III: Diaries from 164 B.C. to 75 B.C. Vienna, 1988, 1989, 1991.
  14. ↑ A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier, Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.
  15. ↑ Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk. Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.
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