NUN.SAR.A
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dNUN.SAR.A (𒀭𒉣𒊬𒀀) is a name for astral Ištar, and so Venus. The SAR sign has multiple readings allowing for a name dNUN.MU2.A and perhaps others.
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
Epithet of Venus; singular text identity:
- ˹d˺nun.sar.a = min(=dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>)
- "Nunsara is the Goddess of the stars" [CT[2] 25, 31, K.2109+:18];
see also dNun.mu2.a in [Litke 1998[3], 161, note 187], and also [Tallqvist 1938[4], 432]. See also NIN.SAR.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, n53) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| эпитет Венеры; тождество в единственном тексте: ˹d˺nun.sar.a = min(=dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Нунсара — Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31, K.2109+:18]; см. также dNun.mu2.a в [Litke 1998, 161, note 187], а также [Tallqvist 1938, 432]. | Example |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
- ↑ Litke R.L. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:dA-nu-um and AN:Anu ša2 amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).
- ↑ Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
