IR.BI4.IL

^mulIR.BI₄.IL (𒀯𒅕𒁁𒅋) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

[G. 201]; apparently one of the epithets of Mars; only in prediction: DIŠ ^mulIR.BI₄.IL^(?) ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ₂.MEŠ ^dṢal-bat-a-nu u₂-tan-na-[at] "When Irbil^? (observed): horses die; (this happens when) the brilliance of Mars wanes" [ACh Ištar, 30:44].

Images of Mars

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  Close Conjunction of Jupiter (brighter) and Mars (reddish) under Orion (upper right), seen from Cape Town (SMH 2024)

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  Closest Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in 2024 (Cape Town, SMH).

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  Jupiter, Mars and Pleiades at Dawn (SMH 2024).

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  Jupiter, Mars, Pleiaden in a slightly cloudy morning twilight (SMH 2024).

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  Mars in the constellation Gemini, The Twins (SMH January 2025).

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  Mars in the constellation Gemini, The Twins (SMH February 2025).

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  Mars extremly close to epsilon Geminorum (14 April 2023), seen from Petra, Jordan (SMH).

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  One day after the close conjunction of Mars with epsilon Geminorum; seen from Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023). The planet then had a visible separation from the star.

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  Mars in the Open Star Cluster Praesepe (M44) in Cancer (2023)

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  Mars next to a tower in Central Europe: its reddish colour is extraordinarily obvious (SMH 2025).

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  Mars two moon widths next to the Moon, photograph at full moon taken through a window in order to produce a dimmer image of the full moon next to Mars: the planet is at the right edge of the Moon. (SMH January 2025).

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, i14)	Gössmann (1950)
[G. 201]; по-видимому, один из эпитетов Марса; только в предсказании: DIŠ mulIR.BI4.IL(?) ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ2.MEŠ dṢal-bat-a-nu u2-tan-na-[at] «Когда  Ирбил? (наблюдается): лошади умирают; (это происходит, когда) блеск Марса ослабевает» [ACh Ištar, 30:44].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references