E.TA.NAM.AN
dE.TA.NAM.AN is a divine-name that is listed as a name for the astronomical manifestation of Inanna = Ištar, the goddess Venus.
???IN Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann ...: change Goddess of the stars to Ištar of the stars ??? - take out 'not to be hostile???
Visibility and Appearance
Venus is a planet of our solar system and observable with the naked eye. It is the brightest one of the planets, but never separates more than 60° from the Sun. Thus, Venus is only visible short after sunset or short before sunrise - never in the middle of the night - and in temperate latitudes these hours are twilight while close to the equator, Venus at maximum elongation could be seen in darkness.
Images of Venus (Naked Eye Appearance)
Venus above Sahara (Nov. 2005, Susanne M Hoffmann)
Venus above campfire (Sahara 2008, SMH)
Moon and Venus in morning twilight above Austrian mountains (CC BY Susanne M Hoffmann 2016).
Venus and Pleiades above a mountain at Dawn in Europe (SMH 2020)
Venus above the rocks at Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023), it's already rather dark (not really dusk any more).
Venus above the Gate to the Shaolin Temple (China 2024, SMH)
Venus and Moon at Dusk (Europe, SMH 2025)
Saturn, Venus and Moon at Dusk (SMH 2025)
Moon and Venus in tropical dusk in Indonesia (Karimunjawa, SMH 2024).
Moon and Venus at Dusk (SMH 2025).
Venus and Moon at Dusk, 2025 (SMH)
Venus above houses, evening star, (SMH 2025)
Venus and Pleiades at Dusk in Europe (SMH 2020), for comparison of brightness
Dictionary
Variant readings and signs:
- dE.TA.NA7.AN, dA.TA.NAM.AN; = "not to be hostile"(?); epithet of Venus [G. 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161].
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Lists of the gods.
- dE.ta.nam.an = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) "Etanaman = Goddess of the stars" [CT 25, 31:14]. See also dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998, 161:183 + note].
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, e03) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| вар. чтения и обозначения: dE.TA.NA7.AN, dA.TA.NAM.AN; = «быть не враждебным»(?); эпитет Венеры [G. 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161].
I. Источники. Списки богов. dE.ta.nam.an = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Этанаман = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:14]. См. также dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998, 161:183 + note]. |
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