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<sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL (𒌌𒃸𒂄) is attested only twice, in consecutive omens in the closing section of the series MUL.APIN. In the first omen it is likely a name for Venus with ties to a parallel name elsewhere for the goddess Inanna-Ištar. In the second, <sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL has more than one star making it most likely an asterism associated with Venus and/or the goddess (see Hunger-Steele 2019: 125-126). |
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<sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. |
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==Dictionary== |
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=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim === |
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Var. reading: <sup>mul4</sup>GAN<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL; constellation and/or epithet of Venus(?) [G. 214; MA, 133]. |
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| ⚫ | * (a) DIŠ <sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL ''ina'' <sup>iti</sup>ŠE ''uš-pa-lak-kam-ma'' BE ''u''<sub>2</sub>''-sa-naq-ma'' BE NU (or BE-''nu'') "If <sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL in the month of adar...death" (II iii 17) [MA, 108]; the meaning of the protasis and apodosis is unclear [ibid, 133], |
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* (b) DIŠ ''ina lib''<sub>3</sub>-''bi'' <sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL 1 MUL ''ma-gal'' KUR<sub>4</sub> <sup>lú</sup>KUR<sub>2</sub> "If one star in <sup>mul4</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL has great brilliance: an enemy" (II iii 18) [MA, 109]. See also [Hunger-Steele 2018, 158-9]. |
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=== Additional === |
=== Additional === |
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In the lists of the gods, <sup>d</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL corresponds with <sup>d</sup>''Iš-tar'' and <sup>d</sup>''In-ni-na'' |
In the lists of the gods, <sup>d</sup>KAR<sub>2</sub>.ŠUL corresponds with <sup>d</sup>''Iš-tar'' and <sup>d</sup>''In-ni-na''indicating a connection with Venus ( [Hunger-Steele 2019: 126, MA, 133, Litke 1998, 234:87, Tallqvist 1938, 341). |
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== Historical Dictionaries == |
== Historical Dictionaries == |
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Latest revision as of 17:03, 6 July 2025
mul4KAR2.ŠUL (𒌌𒃸𒂄) is attested only twice, in consecutive omens in the closing section of the series MUL.APIN. In the first omen it is likely a name for Venus with ties to a parallel name elsewhere for the goddess Inanna-Ištar. In the second, mul4KAR2.ŠUL has more than one star making it most likely an asterism associated with Venus and/or the goddess (see Hunger-Steele 2019: 125-126).
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In the lists of the gods, dKAR2.ŠUL corresponds with dIš-tar and dIn-ni-naindicating a connection with Venus ( [Hunger-Steele 2019: 126, MA, 133, Litke 1998, 234:87, Tallqvist 1938, 341).
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, k16) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| вар. чтения: mul4GAN2.ŠUL; созвездие и/или эпитет Венеры(?) [G. 214; MA, 133].
I. Источники. MUL.APIN. Астрологические предсказания: a) DIŠ mul4KAR2.ŠUL ina itiŠE uš-pa-lak-kam-ma BE u2-sa-naq-ma BE NU (или BE-nu) «Если mul4KAR2.ŠUL в месяце аддару…смерти» (II iii 17) [MA, 108]; смысл протасиса и аподосиса неясен [ibid., 133], b) DIŠ ina lib3-bi mul4KAR2.ŠUL 1 MUL ma-gal KUR4 lúKUR2 «Если одна звезда в mul4KAR2.ŠUL имеет большой блеск: враг» (II iii 18) [MA, 109]. См. также [Hunger–Steele 2018, 158–9]. В списках богов dKAR2.ŠUL соотносится c dIš-tar и dIn-ni-na [Litke 1998, 234:87; MA, 133; Tallqvist 1938, 341], что указывает на связь с Венерой, однако в предсказании b) речь идет, по-видимому, о созвездии. |
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