SAG.KUD
dSAG.KUD (𒀭𒊕𒋻) is a divine name which is equated with Ninurta in the list of names for Mercury in K. 4339. Ninurta is the god most often identified with Mercury in the first millennium. This explains the apparent use of this name for Mercury in an invocation of a series of planets and stars in the series Šurpu where an identification with Mercury would be most appropriate.
Concordance, Etymology, History
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Var. reading: dSAK.KUD; = "First in (making) decisions"(?) [Gössmann[1] 336; Tallqvist 1938[2], 440; Kraus 1951[3], 75, note 3; Litke 1998[4], 30, note 83]. One of the names of Ninurta, the deity of Mercury, which was sometimes used as the name of the planet. His consort was thought to be dNIN.PA.MUL.E.SI, see Kurtik n39.
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| Lists of gods. | |
Šurpu's series of spells.
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Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, s08) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| вар. чтения: dSAK.KUD; = «Первый в (принятии) решений»(?) [Gössman 1950, 336; Tallqvist 1938, 440; Kraus 1951, 75, note 3; Litke 1998, 30, note 83]. Одно из имен Нинурты, божества Меркурия, которое использовалось иногда как название планеты. Его супругой считалась dNIN.PA.MUL.E.SI, см. n39.
I. Источники. Списки богов. (1) dSag.kud = dNin-urta [CT 25, 11:34]. (2) AN:dAnum (I 83): dSag.kud = zabar.dib An.na.ke4 «dSag.kud = Казначей(?) Ану» [Litke 1998, 30]. Серия заклинаний Шурпу. dSAG.KUD dSAG.UŠ … lip-ṭu-ru «Меркурий (и) Сатурн … пусть избавят» [Reiner 1970, 18, Table II 180–181]. |
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References
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
- ↑ Kraus F.R. Nippur und Isin nach altbabylonischen Rechtsurkunden // JCS. 1951. V. 3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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).
- ↑ Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
- ↑ Reiner E. Šurpu. A Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Osnabrück, 1970 ( AfO, Beiheft 11).
