DU.ŠE.E GU4.UD

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DU.ŠE.E GU4.UD

Perhaps a name for Mercury implying KAŠx.E = GU4.UTU


Appearance and Visibility

Mercury is a planet of our solar system and observable with the naked eye. It is bright, but only visible in twilight, close to the Sun, and therefore difficult to be seen.

Images of Mercury

  • Mercury seen at Dawn in Namibia (SMH 2001).

    Mercury seen at Dawn in Namibia (SMH 2001).

  • Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe (SMH 2924).

    Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe (SMH 2924).

  • Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe with Label (SMH 2024).

    Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe with Label (SMH 2024).

  • Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe (SMH 2024).

    Mercury at Dawn in Central Europe (SMH 2024).

  • Mercury and Venus in comparison to the young lunar crescent (Providence 2025).

    Mercury and Venus in comparison to the young lunar crescent (Providence 2025).

  • Mercury and Venus at dusk (Providence 2025).

    Mercury and Venus at dusk (Providence 2025).

Dictionary

This writing occurs once in what is apparently a commentary to a line of Enuma Anu Enlil (ACh Suppl., 7:44, now K.75+ rev. 16'). The signs DU and ŠE when interposed (DUxŠE) have the reading KAŠ4 = lasāmu, 'to run fast'. Here we have the two signs written consecutively (DU.ŠE) for which we can suppose a reading KAŠx allowing for a rending KAŠx..E = lāsimu ,'fast runner, fleet-footed,' as a name for the planet Mercury 'GU4.UTU.' [G.107*, CAD L 106, AHw, 539; Borger 1978, 107, Nr. 202; 2004, 317, Nr. 350]. If so, we have here a precursor to the identification of the planet with the fleet footed Roman messenger deity Mercury of the same name and Greek Hermes.

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

DU sign accepts the reading KAŠ5, and may be used instead of KAŠ4 in KAŠ4.E = lāsimu "runner, messenger". [AHw, 539; Borger 1978, 107, Nr. 202; 2004, 317, Nr. 350]. In the Mesopotamian pantheon there was the deity dLāsimu [Tallqvist 1938, 346]. If this assumption is correct, the name takes on an astronomical meaning and could mean: "Fast-moving - Mercury"(?).

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, d12) Gössmann (1950)
[G. 107*]; только в [ACh Suppl., 7:44] в неясном контексте.

Знак DU допускает прочтение KAŠ5 и может употребляться вместо KAŠ4 в выражении KAŠ4.E = lāsimu «бегун, курьер» [AHw, 539; Borger 1978, 107, Nr. 202; 2004, 317, Nr. 350]. В месопотамском пантеоне существовало божество dLāsimu [Tallqvist 1938, 346]. Если данное предположение верно, название приобретает астрономический смысл и может означать: «Быстро движущийся — Меркурий»(?).

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References

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