UL
UL is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Var. reading: UL8 (= mul4, according to [Borger 2004, Nr. 698]); = kakkabu "Star"; 1) star, luminary, in particular shooting star; 2) determinative before names of luminaries in later texts [G. 148].
| Sources | Identifications |
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| Lexical texts.
(1) Urra XXII series: ul = kak-k[a-bu] [MSL XI, 30:22]; ul = kak-ka-bu [SpTU III, 114A v 10], [u]l = MIN(= kakkabu) [Cavigneaux 1979 132, 17:1; Bloch-Horowitz 2015, 104:266ʹ]. (2) Series A IV/3:50c: [u2-ul] [UL] = [kak-ka-bu E]ME.SAL [MSL XIV, 380; CAD K, 46a]. (3) ul = kak-ka-bu [CT 18, 49 ii 2; CT 19, 33, Text 80-7-19,307:4], see also [CAD K, 46a]. |
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| вар. чтения: UL8 (= mul4, согласно [Borger 2004, Nr. 698]); = kakkabu «Звезда»; 1) звезда, светило, в частности, падающая звезда; 2) детерминатив перед названиями светил в поздних текстах [G. 148].
I. Источники. Лексич. тексты. (1) Серия Urra XXII: ul = kak-k[a-bu] [MSL XI, 30:22]; ul = kak-ka-bu [SpTU III, 114A v 10], [u]l = MIN(= kakkabu) [Cavigneaux 1979 132, 17:1; Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 104:266ʹ]. (2) Серия A IV/3:50c: [u2-ul] [UL] = [kak-ka-bu E]ME.SAL [MSL XIV, 380; CAD K, 46a]. (3) ul = kak-ka-bu [CT 18, 49 ii 2; CT 19, 33, Text 80-7-19,307:4], см. также [CAD K, 46a]. |
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