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E<sub>4</sub>.RU<sub>6</sub> (Sumerian) equaling the Akkadian Erua is a goddess of the ancient Babylonian pantheon. see (Kurtik a02) <sup>mul / d</sup>A.EDIN (Gössmann 441)
[[File:Papke Erua.jpg|alt=detail from drawing|thumb|Erua drawn in Papke (1989)]]E<sub>4</sub>.RU<sub>6</sub> (Sumerian) equaling the Akkadian ''Erua'' is a goddess of the ancient Babylonian pantheon. see (Kurtik a02) <sup>mul / d</sup>A.EDIN (Gössmann 441)


==Dictionary==
==Dictionary==
===Krebernik (2023)===
===Krebernik (2023)===

First attested as an “advisor” of Enki/Ea’s wife Damgalnunna, later identified with Zarpānītu(m). ''sis-sin-nu'' <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> “date-palm spadix” (kind of jewellery?) (of?) Erua (EN 12r).
First attested as an “advisor” of Enki/Ea’s wife Damgalnunna, later identified with Zarpānītu(m). ''sis-sin-nu'' <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> “date-palm spadix” (kind of jewellery?) (of?) Erua (EN 12r).


===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
Variant readings: <sup>mul</sup>ERU3, <sup>mul</sup>ERU4; <sup>mul</sup>E4.RU6; = <sup>mul</sup>E4-ru6, <sup>mul</sup>Eru(a), Erūsa "Erua", "Branch";
Variant readings: <sup>mul</sup>ERU<sub>3</sub>, <sup>mul</sup>ERU<sub>4</sub>; <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>.RU<sub>6</sub>; = <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>, <sup>mul</sup>Eru(a), Erūsa "Erua", "Branch";


* 1) a constellation approximately corresponding to the Hair of Veronica (lat. from Greek Berenice; IAU-name Coma Berenices),
* 1) a constellation approximately corresponding to the Hair of Berenice (lat. from Greek Berenice; IAU-name Coma Berenices),
* 2) = ziqpu XXV (γ Comae Berenices) [AHw 1051; CAD S 326; G. 9, 126].
* 2) = ''ziqpu'' XXV (γ Comae Berenices) [AHw 1051; CAD S 326; G. 9, 126].


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|EAE. See. [Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 5′, 11′, 20′; Largement 1957 246:49-50; SpTU I, 92:6-7; SpTU III, 101:18, 19]. "''Reports''." See. [ARAK 350a]. ||
* See. [Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 5′, 11′, 20′; Largement 1957 246:49-50; SpTU I, 92:6-7; SpTU III, 101:18, 19].
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* See. [ARAK 350a].
(1) List Asterisms of Enlil (no. 11): ''sis-sin-nu'' <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> <sup>d</sup>Zar-pa-ni-tum " Branch (of a date palm) Erua, Zarpanitum" (I i 11).***
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(2) The list of ziqpu-stars: <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>, between <sup>mul</sup>UR.GU.LA and <sup>mul</sup>De<sub>2</sub>-gal<sub>2</sub>-la-a-a (I iv 6).
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'''''Text'' Nv. 10.'''
(3) Culminations and simultaneous heliacal risings: ina <sup>iti</sup>APIN UD 15 KAM <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ina MURUB<sub>4</sub> AN-e IGI-it GABA-ka GUB-ma <sup>mul</sup>UZ<sub>3</sub> KUR-Ca "On the 15th arahsamnu the constellation Erua stands in the middle of the sky opposite your chests, and the Goat constellation rises" (I iv 26) [MA 21, 59, 65], see also [Horowitz 1989-90 117, BM 73815: 6']. ''List of asterisms V'' R 46, 1:46. <sup>mul</sup>E4-ru6 = ''ba-na-at ri-Cu-tu<sub>4</sub>'' “Erua = creative seed”, see also [HBA 52:46].
* Intercalation scheme: [ina itigan ki.min <sup>m</sup>]<sup>ul</sup>PE<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>R // 4 šu-ut <sup>d</sup>En-l[il<sub>2</sub>] / [<sup>mul</sup>ab.]sin<sub>2</sub> // 3 šu-ut <sup>d</sup>A-ni[m] / [ ...] u <sup>mul</sup>Pšu.pRa // 2 ''šu-ut'' <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-PaR / [GIŠ ... mu]lAN.TA.GUB.BA // 1 ''šu-qa''<sub>2</sub> sim.PmaCR "[In the month of kislimo respectively:] Erua, 4, (asterism on the way) of Enlil, / [Bor]ozda, 3, (asterism on the way) An[u], / [...] and Shupa, 2, (asterism on the way) Ea, / [measuring instrument]: (from) the standing-upstraight asterism, 1, (to) the height of Swallow" (Obv. 5'-8') [Donbaz-Koch 64-65, 69].
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|'''MUL.APIN.'''
|''Lists of ziqpu-stars''.
* (1) List Asterisms of Enlil (no. 11): ''sis-sin-nu'' <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> <sup>d</sup>Zar-pa-ni-tum "Branch (of a date palm) Erua, Zarpanitum" (I i 11).***
(1) AO 6478: a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) | 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(=ina qaqqari) | 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=ina šamê) / TA mulDILI ša2 KUN-šu2 | EN mulA. EDIN "weight of 1⅔ mini, 10<sup>0</sup> on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / Separated from the tail (Lion) to the Branch", (b) 4 MA. NA 10 GIN<sub>2</sub> MIN | ⅔ DANNA 5 UŠ i-na KI.MIN | 45 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN / TA mulA.EDIN | EN <sup>mul</sup>ŠUDUN.ANŠE "weight of 4 mini and 10 shekels, 25<sup>0</sup> on earth, 45000 miles in the sky / From the Branch to the Harness" [Thureau-Dangin 1913 217:19-22; TU, 21 r. 19-22; HBA 133; Schaumberger 1952 228-229].


* (2) The list of ziqpu-stars: <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>, between <sup>mul</sup>UR.GU.LA and <sup>mul</sup>De<sub>2</sub>-gal<sub>2</sub>-la-a-a (I iv 6).
(2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na mul dZe[r-pa-ni-tu] "10<sup>0</sup> to (stars of) Ze[rpanitu]" [Schaumberger 1952 225:19].


* (3) Culminations and simultaneous heliacal risings: ina <sup>iti</sup>APIN UD 15 KAM <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ''ina'' MURUB<sub>4</sub> AN''-e'' IGI''-it'' GABA-''ka'' GUB-''ma'' <sup>mul</sup>UZ<sub>3</sub> KUR''-Ca'' "On the 15th arahsamnu the constellation Erua stands in the middle of the sky opposite your chests, and the Goat constellation rises" (I iv 26) [MA 21, 59, 65], see also [Horowitz 1989-90 117, BM 73815: 6']. ''List of asterisms V'' R 46, 1:46. <sup>mul</sup>E4-ru6 = ''ba-na-at ri-Cu-tu<sub>4</sub>'' “Erua = creative seed”, see also [HBA 52:46].
(3) VAT 16436: A.EDIN // 6 // 7 IGI 2 ME KUŠ3 "Erua // 6 (stars) // 7200 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952 226-227:16].
|a piece of a date palm
[[File:Eruas asterism.jpg|alt=star chart with painted asterism|thumb|Erua's Date Palm Spadix, painted by Jessica Gullberg for Stellarium (2021, reference paper 2022).]]
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|'''''Lists of ziqpu-stars''.'''
* (1) AO 6478:
** (a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(''=šuqultu'') | 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(=''ina qaqqari'') | 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=''ina šamê'') / TA <sup>mul</sup>DILI ''ša<sub>2</sub>'' KUN-šu<sub>2</sub> | EN <sup>mul</sup>A. EDIN "weight of 1⅔ mini, 10<sup>0</sup> on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / Separated from the tail (Lion) to the Branch",
** (b) 4 MA. NA 10 GIN<sub>2</sub> MIN | ⅔ DANNA 5 UŠ ''i-na'' KI.MIN | 45 IGI DANNA ''ina'' KI.MIN / TA <sup>mul</sup>A.EDIN | EN <sup>mul</sup>ŠUDUN.ANŠE "weight of 4 mini and 10 shekels, 25<sup>0</sup> on earth, 45000 miles in the sky / From the Branch to the Harness" [Thureau-Dangin 1913 217:19-22; TU, 21 r. 19-22; HBA 133; Schaumberger 1952 228-229].


* (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ ''a-na mul <sup>d</sup>Ze[r-pa-ni-tu''] "10<sup>0</sup> to (stars of) Ze[rpanitu]" [Schaumberger 1952 225:19].
(4) Sippar Planisphere:


* (3) VAT 16436: A.EDIN // 6 // 7 IGI 2 ME KUŠ<sub>3</sub> "Erua // 6 (stars) // 7200 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952 226-227:16].
a) [10 UŠ] ana <sup>mul</sup>e<sub>4</sub>-Pru<sub>6</sub>R "[100] to Erua" (rev. 24),


* (4) Sippar Planisphere:
b) mule4-ru6, diagram: 1 point and next to 6 points forming a circle (obv., Segment 4) [Horowitz-al-Rawi 172-173:24, 176-178].
** a) [10 UŠ] ana <sup>mul</sup>e<sub>4</sub>-Pru<sub>6</sub>R "[100] to Erua" (rev. 24),
** b) <sup>mul</sup>e<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>, diagram: 1 point and next to 6 points forming a circle (obv., Segment 4) [Horowitz-al-Rawi 172-173:24, 176-178].
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|Culminations of ziqpu stars.
|'''Culminations of ''ziqpu'' stars.'''
(1) LBAT 1502.
(1) LBAT 1502.


a) [...MUL<sub>2</sub> [...MUL<sub>2</sub>AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA | E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ana ziq-pi "[...asterism AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA. Erua culminates [...]",
* (a) [...MUL<sub>2</sub> [...MUL<sub>2</sub>AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA | E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ana ziq-pi "[...asterism AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA. Erua culminates [...]",


(b) [...MU]L<sub>2</sub>.NUN<sup>ki</sup> MUL.AN.TA.GUB.BA | ½ DANNA ar<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ''ana ziq-pi'' P10R "The asterism of Eridu is the asterism of Antagubba. (Point) ½ mile (15<sup>0</sup>) culminated behind Erua. 10" [Donbaz-Koch 76: obv. i 5'-6', ii 4'-5'].
* (b) [...MU]L<sub>2</sub>.NUN<sup>ki</sup> MUL.AN.TA.GUB.BA | ½ DANNA ar<sub>2</sub> <sup>d</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ''ana ziq-pi'' P10R "The asterism of Eridu is the asterism of Antagubba. (Point) ½ mile (15°) culminated behind Erua. 10" [Donbaz-Koch 76: obv. i 5'-6', ii 4'-5'].
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|'''''Anaphora''.'''
|''Anaphora''. А 3427: A.EDIN is used as a ''ziqpu-''star in determining the time of the rising sun of the twelfth part of the zodiac sign Sagittarius [Schaumberger 1955 238:21-25]. The list of the "6 palace women". mulE4-ru6 mulmar.gid2.[da] / mulmar.gid2.da.an.na / mulU8 dA-a / muluz3 mulbal.teš2.a / 6 dmi2.ša3..gal.meš "Erua, Wagon, Wagon of Anu, Sheep of Aya, Goat, asterism of Dignity : 6 «palace women»'" [KAR, 142 iv 4-8].
* А 3427: A.EDIN is used as a ''ziqpu-''star in determining the time of the rising sun of the twelfth part of the zodiac sign Sagittarius [Schaumberger 1955 238:21-25]. The list of the "6 palace women". <sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> <sup>mul</sup>mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.[da] / <sup>mul</sup>mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da.an.na / <sup>mul</sup>U<sub>8</sub> <sup>d</sup>A-a / <sup>mul</sup>uz<sub>3</sub> <sup>mul</sup>bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a / 6 <sup>d</sup>mi<sub>2</sub>.ša<sub>3</sub>.gal.meš "Erua, Wagon, Wagon of Anu, Sheep of Aya, Goat, asterism of Dignity : 6 «palace women»'" [KAR, 142 iv 4-8].
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|'''''GU-text''.'''
|''Text'' Nv. 10. Intercalation scheme: [ina itigan ki.min m]ulPE4-ru6R // 4 šu-ut dEn-l[il2] / [mulab.]sin2 // 3 šu-ut dA-ni[m] / [ ...] u mulPšu.pRa // 2 ''šu-ut'' dE2-PaR / [GIŠ ... mu]lAN.TA.GUB.BA // 1 ''šu-qa''2 sim.PmaCR "[In the month of kislimo respectively:] Erua, 4, (asterism on the way) of Enlil, / [Bor]ozda, 3, (asterism on the way) An[u], / [...] and Shupa, 2, (asterism on the way) Ea, / [measuring instrument]: (from) the standing-upstraight asterism, 1, (to) the height of Swallow" (Obv. 5'-8') [Donbaz-Koch 64-65, 69].
* (K), (L) ''<sup>mul</sup>E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub>'' (''ziqpu'' XXV: g Com), see (Kurtik a06) [[AB.SIN|AB.SIN<sub>2</sub>]], (Kurtik d11) DINGIR.KU.A.MEŠ.
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|''GU-text''. (K), (L) ''mulE4-ru6'' (''ziqpu'' XXV: g Com), see a06AB.SIN2, d11DINGIR.KU.A.MEŠ.
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|'''''Late astrology''.'''
|'''''Late astrology''.'''
(1) Predictions of lunar eclipses from the culminations of the stars and the position of the Sun relative to the constellations. ''ki-i'' ''<sub>mul2</sub>'' E4.RU6 ''a-na ziq-pi izzazu''(GUB)''<sup>zu</sup>''-''ma'' dSîn(30) attalû(AN.GI6) [u2-ša]r-ru-[u2] / E4.RU6 KIdidli dPA u dLUGAL / a-di-i dŠamaš(UTU) KIdidli ikaššad(KUR-ad2) pi-šer3-ša2 attalû(AN. GI6) ul u2-šar-ra-a "If Erua culminates and a lunar eclipse should begin / Erua, Furrow, Shullat and Hanish / As long as the Sun has not reached the Furrow. Its meaning: there will be no eclipse" (W 22554/2) [SpTU III, 102:12-14].
(1) Predictions of lunar eclipses from the culminations of the stars and the position of the Sun relative to the constellations. ''ki-i'' ''<sup>múl</sup>'' E<sub>4</sub>.RU<sub>6</sub> ''a-na ziq-pi izzazu''(GUB)''<sup>zu</sup>''-''ma'' <sup>d</sup>Sîn(30) ''attalû''(AN.GI<sub>6</sub>) [''u<sub>2</sub>-ša]r-ru-[u<sub>2</sub>''] / E<sub>4</sub>.RU<sub>6</sub> KI<sup>didli</sup> <sup>d</sup>PA ''u'' <sup>d</sup>LUGAL / ''a-di-i <sup>d</sup>Šamaš''(UTU) KI''<sup>didli</sup> ikaššad''(KUR''-ad<sub>2</sub>'') ''pi-šer<sub>3</sub>-ša<sub>2</sub> attalû''(AN.GI<sub>6</sub>) ''ul u<sub>2</sub>-šar-ra-a'' "If Erua culminates and a lunar eclipse should begin / Erua, Furrow, Shullat and Hanish / As long as the Sun has not reached the Furrow. Its meaning: there will be no eclipse" (W 22554/2) [SpTU III, 102:12-14].


(2) W 23313/3: DIŠ KI mulA.EDIN U3.TU DUMUmeš TU[K?...] "If it, when Erua (culminates?), is born: he will have sons" [SpTU V, 265: 8'].
(2) W 23313/3: DIŠ KI <sup>mul</sup>A.EDIN U<sub>3</sub>.TU DUMU<sup>meš</sup> TU[K?...] "If it, when Erua (culminates?), is born: he will have sons" [SpTU V, 265: 8'].


(3) Predicting ''izbu'', see u17UR.A. See also: e-ri [...] (U.197 obv. 3') [Sachs 1952 74], dGAŠAN.EDIN "Lady Erua" (?) [Hunger 1975 41: rev. 4].   
(3) Predicting ''izbu'', see (Kurtik u17) [[UR.A]]. See also: ''e-ri'' [...] (U.197 obv. 3') [Sachs 1952 74], <sup>d</sup>GAŠAN.EDIN "Lady Erua" (?) [Hunger 1975 41: rev. 4].   
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=== II. Deity. ===
=== II. Deity. ===
'''          ''' Erua is the goddess of pregnancy [Tallqvist 286], her standard epithet is ''ba-nat2 ri-Cu-tu2'' , lit. "she who creates the seed”; as such was she addressed during the Babylonian New Years festivities [RAcc. 139: 331], see also [CAD R 343a]. Analogous meaning was given to the name of the goddess ''Za/erbanītum'' (from ''zēru'' “seed” and ''banû'' “to create, to build”), from whom Erua was identified with. ''Prayers and Rituals.'' (1) Ritual performed at night to obtain a favorable omen in a dream: A.MEŠ KU3.MEŠ ana IGI mulMAR.GI[D2.D]A 3-šu2 ana IGI dE-ru-u2-[a] 3-šu2 til-liC ZID2.MAD.GA2 ŠUB-uk "Consecrate the waters before the constellation of the Chariot three times (and) in front of the goddess Erua, sprinkle the water three times, and the flour four times." (2) Ritual of the "washing of the mouth" (''mīs pî'') or the "revitalizing” of the divine-statues. see z10Zibānītu, II.
'''          ''' Erua is the goddess of pregnancy [Tallqvist 286], her standard epithet is ''ba-nat2 ri-Cu-tu2'' , lit. "she who creates the seed”; as such was she addressed during the Babylonian New Years festivities [RAcc. 139: 331], see also [CAD R 343a].

Analogous meaning was given to the name of the goddess ''Za/erbanītum'' (from ''zēru'' “seed” and ''banû'' “to create, to build”), from whom Erua was identified with.

''Prayers and Rituals.''

* (1) Ritual performed at night to obtain a favorable omen in a dream: A.MEŠ KU<sub>3</sub>.MEŠ ''ana'' IGI <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GI[D2.D]A 3''-šu<sub>2</sub> ana'' IGI <sup>d</sup>''E-ru-u''<sub>2</sub>''-[a] 3-šu<sub>2</sub> til-liC'' ZID<sub>2</sub>.MAD.GA<sub>2</sub> ŠUB''-uk'' "Consecrate the waters before the constellation of the Chariot three times (and) in front of the goddess Erua, sprinkle the water three times, and the flour four times."
* (2) Ritual of the "washing of the mouth" (''mīs pî'') or the "revitalizing” of the divine-statues. see (z10) ''Zibānītu'', II.


=== III. Symbol. ===
=== III. Symbol. ===
         Description of the constellations in Neo-Assyrian texts: mulE4-ru6 ral-m[u lu-bu-uš-tu]m kur-ku-ra GAR-in / 1 MUL ina SAG-šu2 e-[rir qin-na-za ina Š]U ZAG-šu2 na-ši dir-rat qin-na-zi-šu2 / ina UGU KUN mulUR. GU.LA [LA2-a]t2 ina ŠU GUB3-ša2 MUL na-ši "Constellation of Erua: figure[s] in garment]s; on it kurkurra. / 1 star is de[picted] as being on her head, with her right hand she holds a [whip]; the strap of her whip [extend]s up to the tail of the Lion; with her left hand she [carri]es a star. [Weidner 1927 75-77, VAT 9428 r.1-3]. In the same text (r. 5) there is mention of ''šašallu ša2'' mul[E4-r]u6 "Hind/back/spine of Erua." [Weidner 1927 75]. In the Seleucid texts we find: sis-sin-nu ina ŠUII 15-ša7? "a branch in her right hand (she holds)." [LBAT, 1510:11]; "the branch of a date palm", according to [MA 125], see also [CAD S 326]. Features of the constellations were thought of differently–depending on varying epochs and in differing traditions– with the date branch being the only integral part of it.
         Description of the constellations in Neo-Assyrian texts: <sup>mul</sup>''E<sub>4</sub>-ru<sub>6</sub> ral-m[u lu-bu-uš-tu]m kur-ku-ra'' GAR-''in'' / 1 MUL ''ina'' SAG''-šu<sub>2</sub> e-[rir qin-na-za ina'' Š]U ZAG-''šu<sub>2</sub> na-ši dir-rat qin-na-zi-šu<sub>2</sub> / ina'' UGU KUN <sup>mul</sup>UR. GU.LA [LA<sub>2</sub>-''a]t<sub>2</sub> ina'' ŠU GUB<sub>3</sub>''-ša''<sub>2</sub> MUL ''na-ši'' "Constellation of Erua: figure[s] in garment]s; on it kurkurra. / 1 star is de[picted] as being on her head, with her right hand she holds a [whip]; the strap of her whip [extend]s up to the tail of the Lion; with her left hand she [carri]es a star. [Weidner 1927 75-77, VAT 9428 r.1-3]. In the same text (r. 5) there is mention of ''šašallu ša2'' mul[E4-r]u6 "Hind/back/spine of Erua." [Weidner 1927 75].

In the Seleucid texts we find: ''sis-sin-nu ina'' ŠUII 15-ša<sub>7</sub>? "a branch in her right hand (she holds)." [LBAT, 1510:11]; "the branch of a date palm", according to [MA 125], see also [CAD S 326]. Features of the constellations were thought of differently–depending on varying epochs and in differing traditions– with the date branch being the only integral part of it.


=== V. Astrology. ===
=== V. Astrology. ===
       Identifications and predictions:
       Identifications and predictions:


* (1) = Venus;
* (1) = Venus; (a) Venus and the Pleiades; [DIŠ MUL].A.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR-ud dIM RA-ir "If Erua (=Venera?) reaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate" [ARAK, 55 r. 9]; comment: mulDil-bat ina ŠA3 MUL.MUL [GUB-ma] "Venus [stands] in the Pleiades," suggesting an identification: mulA.EDIN = dil-bat, see also [ACh Suppl, 50:7; ARAK, 536:3-4; Borger 1973 41:5′]; b) ''Lunar halo and Erua''; see. a05AB.SIN2 VI,7; mulA. EDIN / ina TUR3 d30 GUB-az-m[a] "The asterism Erua(=Venus) stands in the lunar halo" (astronomical observation) [ARAK, 295 r. 7-8]; (c) Planet (=Mars) and Erua (=Venus); see. a15ACû, II 1.
** (a) Venus and the Pleiades; [DIŠ MUL].A.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR''-ud'' <sup>d</sup>IM RA''-ir'' "If Erua (=Venera?) reaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate" [ARAK, 55 r. 9]; comment: <sup>mul</sup>Dil''-bat ina'' ŠA<sub>3</sub> MUL.MUL [GUB-''ma''] "Venus [stands] in the Pleiades," suggesting an identification: <sup>mul</sup>A.EDIN = dil-bat, see also [ACh Suppl, 50:7; ARAK, 536:3-4; Borger 1973 41:5′];
** b) ''Lunar halo and Erua''; see. (Kurtik a05) [[AB.SIN|AB.SIN<sub>2</sub>]] VI,7; <sup>mul</sup>A. EDIN / ''ina'' TUR<sub>3</sub> <sup>d</sup>30 GUB''-az-m[a]'' "The asterism Erua(=Venus) stands in the lunar halo" (astronomical observation) [ARAK, 295 r. 7-8];
** (c) Planet (=Mars) and Erua (=Venus); see. a15ACû, II 1.


* (2) = Saturn; DIŠ mulA.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR KU2-ti dIMIN.BI dUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ dZap-pa KUR-ma "If Erua reaches the Star Cluster: the eating of the Seven Gods (will take place); (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades<nowiki>''</nowiki> [ACh Suppl. 2, 75:3; Bezold 1920 115, Anm. 2]; DIŠ ulA.EDIN ina(? ana??) ulug5.ga kur-ud še.giš.i3 sig5 : uludu.idim.sag.uš ulZa-ap-pa kur-[ud] [xxxxx] "If Erua reaches the Crow/Raven: the sesame will be good; (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades'" [Borger 1973 41:20′], see also [ACh Suppl., 50:8; Suppl. 2, 68:18].
* (2) = Saturn; DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>A.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR KU<sub>2</sub>''-ti'' <sup>d</sup>IMIN.BI <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ <sup>d</sup>''Zap-pa'' KUR''-ma'' "If Erua reaches the Star Cluster: the eating of the Seven Gods (will take place); (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades<nowiki>''</nowiki> [ACh Suppl. 2, 75:3; Bezold 1920 115, Anm. 2]; DIŠ <sup>ul</sup>A.EDIN ''ina(<sup>?</sup> ana<sup>??</sup>) ulug<sub>5</sub>.ga kur-ud še.giš.i<sub>3</sub> sig<sub>5</sub>'' : ''<sup>ul</sup>udu.idim.sag.uš <sup>ul</sup>Za-ap-pa kur-[ud] [xxxxx]'' "If Erua reaches the Crow/Raven: the sesame will be good; (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades'" [Borger 1973 41:20′], see also [ACh Suppl., 50:8; Suppl. 2, 68:18].


* (3) = Field; see m05MAN-ma, II 7.
* (3) = Field; see (Kurtik m05) MAN''-ma'', II 7.


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Erua drawn in Papke (1989)

E4.RU6 (Sumerian) equaling the Akkadian Erua is a goddess of the ancient Babylonian pantheon. see (Kurtik a02) mul / dA.EDIN (Gössmann 441)

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Krebernik (2023)

First attested as an “advisor” of Enki/Ea’s wife Damgalnunna, later identified with Zarpānītu(m). sis-sin-nu dE4-ru6 “date-palm spadix” (kind of jewellery?) (of?) Erua (EN 12r).

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Variant readings: mulERU3, mulERU4; mulE4.RU6; = mulE4-ru6, mulEru(a), Erūsa "Erua", "Branch";

  • 1) a constellation approximately corresponding to the Hair of Berenice (lat. from Greek Berenice; IAU-name Coma Berenices),
  • 2) = ziqpu XXV (γ Comae Berenices) [AHw 1051; CAD S 326; G. 9, 126].
Sources Identifications
EAE.
  • See. [Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 5′, 11′, 20′; Largement 1957 246:49-50; SpTU I, 92:6-7; SpTU III, 101:18, 19].
"Reports."
  • See. [ARAK 350a].
Three Stars Each

Text Nv. 10.

  • Intercalation scheme: [ina itigan ki.min m]ulPE4-ru6R // 4 šu-ut dEn-l[il2] / [mulab.]sin2 // 3 šu-ut dA-ni[m] / [ ...] u mulPšu.pRa // 2 šu-ut dE2-PaR / [GIŠ ... mu]lAN.TA.GUB.BA // 1 šu-qa2 sim.PmaCR "[In the month of kislimo respectively:] Erua, 4, (asterism on the way) of Enlil, / [Bor]ozda, 3, (asterism on the way) An[u], / [...] and Shupa, 2, (asterism on the way) Ea, / [measuring instrument]: (from) the standing-upstraight asterism, 1, (to) the height of Swallow" (Obv. 5'-8') [Donbaz-Koch 64-65, 69].
MUL.APIN.
  • (1) List Asterisms of Enlil (no. 11): sis-sin-nu dE4-ru6 dZar-pa-ni-tum "Branch (of a date palm) Erua, Zarpanitum" (I i 11).***
  • (2) The list of ziqpu-stars: mulE4-ru6, between mulUR.GU.LA and mulDe2-gal2-la-a-a (I iv 6).
  • (3) Culminations and simultaneous heliacal risings: ina itiAPIN UD 15 KAM mulE4-ru6 ina MURUB4 AN-e IGI-it GABA-ka GUB-ma mulUZ3 KUR-Ca "On the 15th arahsamnu the constellation Erua stands in the middle of the sky opposite your chests, and the Goat constellation rises" (I iv 26) [MA 21, 59, 65], see also [Horowitz 1989-90 117, BM 73815: 6']. List of asterisms V R 46, 1:46. mulE4-ru6 = ba-na-at ri-Cu-tu4 “Erua = creative seed”, see also [HBA 52:46].
a piece of a date palm
star chart with painted asterism
Erua's Date Palm Spadix, painted by Jessica Gullberg for Stellarium (2021, reference paper 2022).
Lists of ziqpu-stars.
  • (1) AO 6478:
    • (a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) | 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(=ina qaqqari) | 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=ina šamê) / TA mulDILI ša2 KUN-šu2 | EN mulA. EDIN "weight of 1⅔ mini, 100 on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / Separated from the tail (Lion) to the Branch",
    • (b) 4 MA. NA 10 GIN2 MIN | ⅔ DANNA 5 UŠ i-na KI.MIN | 45 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN / TA mulA.EDIN | EN mulŠUDUN.ANŠE "weight of 4 mini and 10 shekels, 250 on earth, 45000 miles in the sky / From the Branch to the Harness" [Thureau-Dangin 1913 217:19-22; TU, 21 r. 19-22; HBA 133; Schaumberger 1952 228-229].
  • (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na mul dZe[r-pa-ni-tu] "100 to (stars of) Ze[rpanitu]" [Schaumberger 1952 225:19].
  • (3) VAT 16436: A.EDIN // 6 // 7 IGI 2 ME KUŠ3 "Erua // 6 (stars) // 7200 cubits." [Schaumberger 1952 226-227:16].
  • (4) Sippar Planisphere:
    • a) [10 UŠ] ana mule4-Pru6R "[100] to Erua" (rev. 24),
    • b) mule4-ru6, diagram: 1 point and next to 6 points forming a circle (obv., Segment 4) [Horowitz-al-Rawi 172-173:24, 176-178].
Culminations of ziqpu stars.

(1) LBAT 1502.

  • (a) [...MUL2 [...MUL2AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA | E4-ru6 ana ziq-pi "[...asterism AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA. Erua culminates [...]",
  • (b) [...MU]L2.NUNki MUL.AN.TA.GUB.BA | ½ DANNA ar2 dE4-ru6 ana ziq-pi P10R "The asterism of Eridu is the asterism of Antagubba. (Point) ½ mile (15°) culminated behind Erua. 10" [Donbaz-Koch 76: obv. i 5'-6', ii 4'-5'].
Anaphora.
  • А 3427: A.EDIN is used as a ziqpu-star in determining the time of the rising sun of the twelfth part of the zodiac sign Sagittarius [Schaumberger 1955 238:21-25]. The list of the "6 palace women". mulE4-ru6 mulmar.gid2.[da] / mulmar.gid2.da.an.na / mulU8 dA-a / muluz3 mulbal.teš2.a / 6 dmi2.ša3.gal.meš "Erua, Wagon, Wagon of Anu, Sheep of Aya, Goat, asterism of Dignity : 6 «palace women»'" [KAR, 142 iv 4-8].
GU-text.
  • (K), (L) mulE4-ru6 (ziqpu XXV: g Com), see (Kurtik a06) AB.SIN2, (Kurtik d11) DINGIR.KU.A.MEŠ.
Late astrology.

(1) Predictions of lunar eclipses from the culminations of the stars and the position of the Sun relative to the constellations. ki-i múl E4.RU6 a-na ziq-pi izzazu(GUB)zu-ma dSîn(30) attalû(AN.GI6) [u2-ša]r-ru-[u2] / E4.RU6 KIdidli dPA u dLUGAL / a-di-i dŠamaš(UTU) KIdidli ikaššad(KUR-ad2) pi-šer3-ša2 attalû(AN.GI6) ul u2-šar-ra-a "If Erua culminates and a lunar eclipse should begin / Erua, Furrow, Shullat and Hanish / As long as the Sun has not reached the Furrow. Its meaning: there will be no eclipse" (W 22554/2) [SpTU III, 102:12-14].

(2) W 23313/3: DIŠ KI mulA.EDIN U3.TU DUMUmeš TU[K?...] "If it, when Erua (culminates?), is born: he will have sons" [SpTU V, 265: 8'].

(3) Predicting izbu, see (Kurtik u17) UR.A. See also: e-ri [...] (U.197 obv. 3') [Sachs 1952 74], dGAŠAN.EDIN "Lady Erua" (?) [Hunger 1975 41: rev. 4].   

II. Deity.

           Erua is the goddess of pregnancy [Tallqvist 286], her standard epithet is ba-nat2 ri-Cu-tu2 , lit. "she who creates the seed”; as such was she addressed during the Babylonian New Years festivities [RAcc. 139: 331], see also [CAD R 343a].

Analogous meaning was given to the name of the goddess Za/erbanītum (from zēru “seed” and banû “to create, to build”), from whom Erua was identified with.

Prayers and Rituals.

  • (1) Ritual performed at night to obtain a favorable omen in a dream: A.MEŠ KU3.MEŠ ana IGI mulMAR.GI[D2.D]A 3-šu2 ana IGI dE-ru-u2-[a] 3-šu2 til-liC ZID2.MAD.GA2 ŠUB-uk "Consecrate the waters before the constellation of the Chariot three times (and) in front of the goddess Erua, sprinkle the water three times, and the flour four times."
  • (2) Ritual of the "washing of the mouth" (mīs pî) or the "revitalizing” of the divine-statues. see (z10) Zibānītu, II.

III. Symbol.

         Description of the constellations in Neo-Assyrian texts: mulE4-ru6 ral-m[u lu-bu-uš-tu]m kur-ku-ra GAR-in / 1 MUL ina SAG-šu2 e-[rir qin-na-za ina Š]U ZAG-šu2 na-ši dir-rat qin-na-zi-šu2 / ina UGU KUN mulUR. GU.LA [LA2-a]t2 ina ŠU GUB3-ša2 MUL na-ši "Constellation of Erua: figure[s] in garment]s; on it kurkurra. / 1 star is de[picted] as being on her head, with her right hand she holds a [whip]; the strap of her whip [extend]s up to the tail of the Lion; with her left hand she [carri]es a star. [Weidner 1927 75-77, VAT 9428 r.1-3]. In the same text (r. 5) there is mention of šašallu ša2 mul[E4-r]u6 "Hind/back/spine of Erua." [Weidner 1927 75].

In the Seleucid texts we find: sis-sin-nu ina ŠUII 15-ša7? "a branch in her right hand (she holds)." [LBAT, 1510:11]; "the branch of a date palm", according to [MA 125], see also [CAD S 326]. Features of the constellations were thought of differently–depending on varying epochs and in differing traditions– with the date branch being the only integral part of it.

V. Astrology.

       Identifications and predictions:

  • (1) = Venus;
    • (a) Venus and the Pleiades; [DIŠ MUL].A.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR-ud dIM RA-ir "If Erua (=Venera?) reaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate" [ARAK, 55 r. 9]; comment: mulDil-bat ina ŠA3 MUL.MUL [GUB-ma] "Venus [stands] in the Pleiades," suggesting an identification: mulA.EDIN = dil-bat, see also [ACh Suppl, 50:7; ARAK, 536:3-4; Borger 1973 41:5′];
    • b) Lunar halo and Erua; see. (Kurtik a05) AB.SIN2 VI,7; mulA. EDIN / ina TUR3 d30 GUB-az-m[a] "The asterism Erua(=Venus) stands in the lunar halo" (astronomical observation) [ARAK, 295 r. 7-8];
    • (c) Planet (=Mars) and Erua (=Venus); see. a15ACû, II 1.
  • (2) = Saturn; DIŠ mulA.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR KU2-ti dIMIN.BI dUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ dZap-pa KUR-ma "If Erua reaches the Star Cluster: the eating of the Seven Gods (will take place); (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades'' [ACh Suppl. 2, 75:3; Bezold 1920 115, Anm. 2]; DIŠ ulA.EDIN ina(? ana??) ulug5.ga kur-ud še.giš.i3 sig5 : uludu.idim.sag.uš ulZa-ap-pa kur-[ud] [xxxxx] "If Erua reaches the Crow/Raven: the sesame will be good; (this means:) Saturn has drawn closer to the Pleiades'" [Borger 1973 41:20′], see also [ACh Suppl., 50:8; Suppl. 2, 68:18].
  • (3) = Field; see (Kurtik m05) MAN-ma, II 7.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: mulERU3, mulERU4; mulE4.RU6; = mulE4-ru6, mulEru(a), Erūsa "Эруа", "Ветвь"; 1) созвездие, приблизительно соответствующее Волосам Вероники (Coma Berenices), 2) = ziqpu XXV (γ Comae Berenices) [AHw 1051; CAD S 326; G. 9, 126]. Example
I. Источники.

ЕАЕ. См. [Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 5′, 11′, 20′; Largement 1957 246:49-50; SpTU I, 92:6-7; SpTU III, 101:18, 19]. "Рапорты". См. [ARAK 350a]. MUL.APIN.

(1) Список звезд Энлиля (№ 11): sis-sin-nu dE4-ru6 dZar-pa-ni-tum "Ветвь (финиковой пальмы) Эруа, Зарпанитум" (I i 11). (2) Список ziqpu-звезд: mulE4-ru6, между mulUR.GU.LA и mulDe2-gal2-la-a-a (I iv 6). (3) Кульминации и одновременные гелиакические восходы: ina itiAPIN UD 15 KAM mulE4-ru6 ina MURUB4 AN-e IGI-it GABA-ka GUB-ma mulUZ3 KUR-Ca "15-го арахсамну созвездие Эруа стоит в середине неба напротив твоей груди, а созвездие Коза восходит" (I iv 26) [MA 21, 59, 65], см. также [Horowitz 1989-90 117, BM 73815: 6']. Список звезд V R 46, 1:46. mulE4-ru6 = ba-na-at ri-Cu-tu4 "Эруа = творящая семя", см. также [HBA 52:46]. Списки ziqpu-звезд. (1) AO 6478: a) 1⅔ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) | 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN(=ina qaqqari) | 18 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN(=ina šamê) / TA mulDILI ša2 KUN-šu2 | EN mulA.EDIN "1⅔ мины веса, 100 на земле, 18000 миль на небе / От Отдельной на хвосте (Льва) до Ветви", b) 4 MA.NA 10 GIN2 MIN | ⅔ DANNA 5 UŠ i-na KI.MIN | 45 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN / TA mulA.EDIN | EN mulŠUDUN.ANŠE "4 мины 10 сиклей веса, 250 на земле, 45000 миль на небе / От Ветви до Упряжи"  [Thureau-Dangin 1913 217:19-22; TU, 21 r. 19-22; HBA 133; Schaumberger 1952 228-229]. (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na mul dZe[r-pa-ni-tu] "100 до (звезд) Зе[рпаниту]" [Schaumberger 1952 225:19]. (3) VAT 16436: A.EDIN // 6 // 7 IGI 2 ME KUŠ3 "Эруа // 6 (звезд) // 7200 локтей" [Schaumberger 1952 226-227:16]. (4) Sippar Planisphere: a) [10 UŠ] ana mule4-Pru6R "[100] до Эруа" (rev. 24), b) mule4-ru6, на диаграмме: 1 точка и рядом 6 точек, образующих кружочек (obv., Segment 4) [Horowitz-al-Rawi 172-173:24, 176-178]. Кульминации ziqpu-звезд. (1) LBAT 1502. a) […] MUL2 […MUL2AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA | E4-ru6 ana ziq-pi "[…звезда AN.T]A.ŠUR.RA. Эруа кульминирует […]", b) […MU]L2.NUNki MUL.AN.TA.GUB.BA | ½ DANNA ar2 dE4-ru6 ana ziq-pi P10R "Звезда Эриду — звезда Антагубба. (Точка) ½ мили (150) позади Эруа кульминировала. 10" [Donbaz-Koch 76: obv.  i 5'-6', ii 4'-5']. Анафора. А 3427: A.EDIN используется как ziqpu-звезда при определении времен восхода двенадцатых частей знака зодиака Стрелец [Schaumberger 1955 238:21-25]. Список "6 дворцовых женщин". mulE4-ru6 mulmar.gid2.[da] / mulmar.gid2.da.an.na / mulU8 dA-a / muluz3 mulbal.teš2.a / 6 dmi2.ša3.<e2>.gal.meš "Эруа, Повозка, Повозка Ану, Овца Айи, Коза, Звезда Достоинство : 6 «дворцовых женщин»" [KAR, 142 iv 4-8]. Текст Nv. 10. Интеркаляционная схема: [ina itigan ki.min m]ulPE4-ru6R // 4 šu-ut dEn-l[il2] / [mulab.]sin2 // 3 šu-ut dA-ni[m] / [ …] u mulPšu.pRa // 2 šu-ut dE2-PaR / [GIŠ … mu]lAN.TA.GUB.BA // 1 šu-qa2 sim.PmaCR "[В месяце кислиму соответственно]: Эруа, 4, (звезда на пути) Энли[ля], / [Бор]озда, 3, (звезда на пути) Ан[у], / […] и Шупа, 2, (звезда на пути) Эа, / [измерительный инструмент]: (от) Наверху стоящей звезды, 1, (до) высоты Ласточки" (Obv. 5'-8') [Donbaz-Koch 64-65, 69]. GU-текст. (К), (L) mulE4-ru6 (ziqpu XXV: g Com), см. a06AB.SIN2, d11DINGIR.KU.A.MEŠ. Поздняя астрология. (1) Предсказания лунных затмений по кульминациям звезд и положениям Солнца относительно созвездий. ki-i E4.RU6 a-na ziq-pi izzazu(GUB)zu-ma dSîn(30) attalû(AN.GI6) [u2-ša]r-ru-[u2] / E4.RU6 KIdidli dPA u dLUGAL / a-di-i dŠamaš(UTU) KIdidli ikaššad(KUR-ad2) pi-šer3-ša2 attalû(AN.GI6) ul u2-šar-ra-a "Если Эруа кульминирует и лунное затмение должно начаться / Эруа, Борозда, Шуллат и Ханиш / До тех пор пока Солнце не достигло Борозды. Его значение: затмения не будет" (W 22554/2) [SpTU III, 102:12-14]. (2) W 23313/3: DIŠ KI mulA.EDIN U3.TU DUMUmeš TU[K?…] "Если он, когда Эруа (кульминирует?), родился: у него будут сыновья" [SpTU V, 265: 8']. (3) Предсказания izbu, см. u17UR.A. См. также: e-ri […] (U.197 obv. 3') [Sachs 1952 74], dGAŠAN.EDIN "Госпожа Эруа" (?) [Hunger 1975 41: rev. 4].

II. Божество.

Эруа ― богиня беременности [Tallqvist 286], ее стандартный эпитет ba-nat2 ri-Cu-tu2 , букв. "творящая семя"; так к ней обращались в Вавилоне во время празднования Нового года [RAcc. 139: 331], см. также [CAD R 343a]. Аналогичный смысл имело имя богини Za/erbanītum (от zēru "семя" и banû "творить, строить"), с которой отождествлялась Эруа. Молитвы и ритуалы. (1) Ритуал, совершавшийся ночью, для получения благоприятного предзнаменования во сне: A.MEŠ KU3.MEŠ ana IGI mulMAR.GI[D2.D]A 3-šu2 ana IGI dE-ru-u2-[a] 3-šu2 til-liC ZID2.MAD.GA2 ŠUB-uk "Водами освященными перед созвездием Колесницы трижды (и) перед богиней Эруа трижды брызгаешь, муку рассыпаешь" [STT I, 73 iii 82-84; Reiner 1960 34:83-84]. (2) Ритуал "омовения рта" (mīs pî) или "оживления" статуи-божества, см. z10Zibānītu, II.    


III. Символ.

Описание фигуры созвездия в новоассирийском тексте: mulE4-ru6 ral-m[u lu-bu-uš-tu]m kur-ku-ra GAR-in / 1 MUL ina SAG-šu2 e-[rir qin-na-za ina Š]U ZAG-šu2 na-ši dir-rat qin-na-zi-šu2 / ina UGU KUN mulUR.GU.LA [LA2-a]t2 ina ŠU GUB3-ša2 MUL na-ši "Созвездие Эруа: фигу[ра в одеяни]и; на ней kurkurra. / 1 звезда изоб[ражена] на ее голове, в своей правой руке она держит [кнут]; ремешок ее кнута до хвоста Льва [протягивает]ся; в своей левой руке она [нес]ет звезду" [Weidner 1927 75-77, VAT 9428 r.1-3]. В этом же тексте (r. 5) упоминается šašallu ša2 mul[E4-r]u6 "Спина Эруа" [Weidner 1927 75]. В селевкидском тексте находим: sis-sin-nu ina ŠUII 15-ša7? "ветвь в своей правой руке (она держит)" [LBAT, 1510:11]; "ветвь финиковой пальмы", согласно [MA 125], см. также [CAD S 326]. Фигура созвездия в различные эпохи и в разных традициях ç, по-видимому, по-разному, финиковая ветвь была только eе частью.

IV. Отождествление:

Как созвездие:

= западная часть Virgo (без α Virginis) + Coma Berenices [G. 126];

= 12-17 Comae Berenices [Schaumberger 1952 223];

= Coma Berenices + Canes Venatici [Weidner 1957-59 78];

= γ+ Coma Berenices(?) [BPO 2, p. 10]. Последнее отождествление, восходящее к Шаумбергеру, является наиболее предпочтительным.

Как ziqpu-звезда:

= γ Comae Berenices [Schaumberger 1952 229; MA 142; Pingree-Walker 320; Koch 1992 58].

Согласно VAT 16436:16, mulA.EDIN, как ziqpu-звезда, содержало 6 звезд [Schaumberger 1952 223, 226]; на диаграмме из Sippar Planisphere ей соответствует, по-видимому, кружочек из 6 точек [Horowitz-al-Rawi 176-178].

V. Астрология.

Отождествления и предсказания:

(1) = Венера; a) Венера и Плеяды; [DIŠ MUL].A.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR-ud dIM RA-ir "Если Эруа (=Венера?) достигает Плеяд: Адад опустошит" [ARAK, 55 r. 9]; комментарий:  mulDil-bat ina ŠA3 MUL.MUL [GUB-ma] "Венера [стоит] в Плеядах", предполагающий отождествление: mulA.EDIN = dil-bat, см. также [ACh Suppl., 50:7; ARAK, 536:3-4; Borger 1973 41:5′]; b) Лунное гало и Эруа; см. a05AB.SIN2 VI,7; mulA.EDIN / ina TUR3 d30 GUB-az-m[a] "Звезда Эруа(=Венера) стоит в лунном гало" (астрономическое наблюдение) [ARAK, 295 r. 7-8]; с) Планета (=Марс) и Эруа (=Венера); см. a15ACû, II 1.

  (2) = Cатурн; DIŠ mulA.EDIN MUL.MUL KUR KU2-ti dIMIN.BI dUDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ dZap-pa KUR-ma "Если Эруа достигает Звезд: поедание Семерых богов (будет иметь место); (это означает:) Сатурн к Плеядам приблизился" [ACh Suppl. 2, 75:3; Bezold 1920 115, Anm. 2]; DIŠ ulA.EDIN ina(? ana??) ulug5.ga kur-ud še.giš.i3 sig5 : uludu.idim.sag.uš ulZa-ap-pa kur-[ud] [xxxxx] "Если Эруа достигает Ворона: сезам будет хорошим; (это означает:) Сатурн к Плеядам приблизился" [Borger 1973 41:20′], см. также [ACh Suppl., 50:8; Suppl. 2, 68:18].

(3) = Поле; см. m05MAN-ma, II 7.

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