Marratu

^(mul)Marratu (𒀯𒈥𒊏𒌈) is the most common name for rainbows in Akkadian. For the Rainbow-star see ^mulIM.ŠEŠ, ^mulTIR.AN.NA and manzat .^[1].

Concordance, Etymology, History

= ^mulIM.ŠEŠ "Rainbow"; constellation in southwestern Pisces(?), see (Kurtik i09) IM.ŠEŠ.

Kurtik (2022, m12)	Gössmann (1950)
= ^mulIM.ŠEŠ «Радуга»; созвездие в юго-западной части Рыб (Pisces)(?), см. i09IM.ŠEŠ.	The equation "marratu" = TIR.AN.NA is given on page 146, in the entry for SIN (Gössmann 184) ^dḪarr.ri.ru also mentions the equation with TIR.AN.NA that is given in MUL.APIN TIR.AN.NA itself is given as (Gössmann 407) without identification.

↑ Horowitz W. (2016): “All About Rainbows,” in K. Schmid and C. Uehlinger eds., Laws of Heaven, Laws of Nature: The Legal Interpretation of Cosmic Phenomena in the Ancient World, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO, Fribourg: Academic Press, and Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht): 40-51