IM.ŠEŠ

IM.ŠEŠ = marratu

IM.SHESH, The Rainbow, rises in the east together with the Swallow (who, in turn, is characterized by its V-shaped tail). Stellarium displays the area from northeast to southeast over Babylon in -1050. Might it refer to the three bright stars α, β, γ Ari? (we don't know)

^mulIM.ŠEŠ, The Rainbow, is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. Its identification is unclear. As an asterism, it is designated in the list of rising and setting constellations of MUL.APIN. A rainbow asterism/deity by a different name, ^dTIR.AN.NA, is identified with ^dharriru, 'the Vole' in MUL.APIN I i 33. In both cases, the asterism that is referred to is in the area of Pisces/ Andromeda as it rises together with SIM.MAḪ, The Swallow.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Var. readings:

• ^mulIM.SIS, ^mulIM.SES;
• = marratu "Rainbow" [AHw, 612; CAD M/1, 286];

Constellation identified with (Kurtik s19) SIM.MAḪ^(?).

Sources	Identifications
MUL.APIN. Dates of heliacal risings: ina itiAB UD 15 KAM mulSIM.MAḪ mulši-nu-nu-tu4 mulIM.ŠEŠ / ina GIŠ.NIM IGI.LA2 (var.: IGIme) "on the 15th day of Tebet SIM.MAḪ, 'the Swallow,' (or) 'the Rainbow,' becomes visible in the east" (I iii 7) [MA, 45], see also (Kurtik k10) KAK.SI.SA2. We need to have an abbreviation for Hunger-Steele mul.apin too???
"The Great Stars List". tir.an.na ud nu-uḫ-ši mu.bi2 mar-ra-tum "Rainbow, its name 'day of plenty', rainbow" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:167]. See also [ACh Sin, 3:122; HBA, 13].

Additional

Babylonian constellation of the Rainbow next to the IKU-constellation (Papke 1993). This way, IM-SHESH would culminate together with the Swallow and not rise together with it, so it contradicts at least one of the texts.

II. Identification.

         It has been suggested that ^mulSIM.MAḪ and ^mulIM.ŠEŠ are different names for the same constellation located in southwestern Pisces [MA, 128; G. 197; Koch 1989, 39; ASM, 65]. Doubts about the correctness of the identification are expressed in [MA, 128]. See also the philological commentary in [Hunger-Steele 2018, 118], and (Kurtik h04) harriru) and Kurtik t05) ^dTIR.AN.NA.

Again what do Hunger-Steele say now???

We need to synchronize the IM.SHESH entry with h04 aand t05 as well ss manzat???

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, i09)

Gössmann (1950)

вар. чтения: mulIM.SIS, mulIM.SES; = marratu «Радуга» [AHw, 612; CAD M/1, 286]; созвездие, отождествляемое с s19SIM.MAḪ(?). I. Источники. MUL.APIN. Даты гелиакических восходов: ina itiAB UD 15 KAM mulSIM.MAḪ mulši-nu-nu-tu4 mulIM.ŠEŠ / ina GIŠ.NIM IGI.LA2 (вар.: IGIme) «15-го тебету SIM.MAḪ, (т.е.) Ласточка, (или) IM.ŠEŠ, становятся видны на востоке» (I iii 7) [MA, 45], см. также k10KAK.SI.SA2. «Большой список звезд». tir.an.na ud nu-uḫ-ši mu.bi2 mar-ra-tum «Радуга, ее имя «день изобилия», радуга» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:167]. Cм. также [ACh Sin, 3:122; HBA, 13]. II. Отождествление. Предполагается, что mulSIM.MAḪ и mulIM.ŠEŠ ― разные названия одного и того же созвездия, расположенного в юго-западной части Рыб [MA, 128; G. 197; Koch 1989, 39; ASM, 65]. Сомнения в правильности отождествления высказываются в [MA, 128], см. также филологический комментарий в [Hunger–Steele 2018, 118], а также t05 dTIR.AN.NA.

Example

References

• Kurtik's references