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Heel of the "Demon with the Gaping Mouth" in Mesopotamian astral science, typically identified with lambda Andromedae (in the first millennium). Depiction in Stellarium, painting by Jessica Gullberg 2021.

^mulKinṣu (𒀯𒆥𒍮) means "knee, shin" in Akkadian and designates asterisms thar form part of a number of ancient Mesopotamian constellations.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

= "Knee, shin"(?);

Var. designations:

1) = ziqpu X, part of the constellation Demon with the Gaping Mouth (kinṣu ša₂ ^mulUD.KA.DU₈.A), a group of stars in the Lizard (Lacerta);
2) part of the figure of some other constellations [AHw, 478-9; CAD K, 373-374; G. 144, 229].

Sources

Identifications

MUL.APIN.

For a list of culminations and simultaneous risings, see (Kurtik i15) Is le₁₀.

Example

Lists of ziqpu stars.

(1) AO 6478:
- (a) 3⅓ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) | ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN (= ina qaqqari) | 36 IGI DANNA i-na KI. MIN (=ina šamê) | TA ^mulni-bi-i ša GABA-šu₂ | EN ^mulkin-ṣi "3⅓ mins of weight, 200 on earth, 36,000 miles in the sky / From the star with great brilliance on its (Demon with the Gaping Mouth) breast to (its) Knee",
- (b) [3⅓] MA.NA MIN | ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN | 36 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA ^mulkin-ṣi EN ^mula-si-[di] "[3⅓] mins of weight, 200 on earth, 36,000 miles in the sky / From the Knee to the Heel." [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:21-24; TU, 21:21-24; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228-229]; for a parallel see. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:12-13].
(2) VAT 16437: ⅔ DANNA a-na ^mulkin-[ṣu] "200 to the Knee" [Schaumberger 1952, 224-225:5].
(3) VAT 16436: ^múlkin-ṣi // 3 // 6 IGI 7 ME 80 KUŠ₃ 'Knee // 3 (stars) // 6780 (cubits) [Schaumberger 1952, 226-227:2].
(4) BM 38369+:
- a) TA ^mulni-bi-i ša ^mulUD.K[A.DUḪ.A] / EN ^dki-in-ṣi-šu ⅔^! [DANNA] "From the star with the great brilliance of the Demon with the [Open] Mou[th] / To its Knee ⅔ [miles]",
- (b) TA ^dki-in-ṣi-šu EN a-si-di-šu₂ ˹⅔˺ [DANNA] "From its knee to its heels ⅔ [miles] (200)" [Horowitz 1994a, 91-92:2-4].
(5) Sippar Planisphere: ⅔ DANNA ana ^mulkin-˹ṣu^!˺ "⅔ miles (200) to (his) Knee" [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001, 171-173:10].

Uranology^[1]

MLC 1866 (obverse)



D i 17. ^⌈¶^⌉ ^mulUD.KA.DUH.A ^dU.GUR: SAG.KAL a-lik ^⌈mah-ri^⌉ D i 18. ^⌈ṣa-lam^⌉ šú-u lu-bu-uš-tu₄ la-biš AGA a-pir D i 19. ^⌈2^⌉ pa-ni-šú pa-ni mah-^⌈ru^⌉-tú pa-ni ṣa-lam D i 20. ⌈pa^⌉-ni ár-ku-^⌈tu₄ pa^⌉-ni ^⌈UR^⌉.MAH ziq-nu za-qin D i 21. pi-i pi-^⌈ti kap^⌉-pi ra-áš-ši kin-ṣi* 15-šú* D i 22. ^⌈ki-ṣal^⌉-šú 3.^⌈TA^⌉.ÀM MUL a-si-du 15-šú KI.ÚR D i 23. [ x x x a-si-d]u KI.^⌈ÚR^⌉ ṣa-lam D i 24. [MUL šá ina ZAG-šú GUB]-^⌈zu^⌉ ^mulŠAH ^⌈MUL^⌉ šá ina GÙB-šú D i 25. [GUB-zu ^mulANŠE.KUR.RA] x x a-n[a] x x x D i 26. [ ] x x [ ]	i17. ¶ “The Demon with The Open Mouth,” Nergal: the leader going in front, i18. He is a human figure, clothed, wearing a tiara. i19. Two are his faces. The front face is the face of a human figure. i20. The back face is that of a lion, bearded, i21. mouth open, having wings; its right shin (and) i22. its ankle are three fold; the star of its right heel (and) lower extremities i23. [(are) . . . the hee]l (and) the lower extremities of a human figure. i24. [The star which at its right stand]s is “The Pig”; the star which at its left i25. [stands is “The Horse,”] . . fo[r] . . .14 i26. [ ] . . [ ]

Anaphora.

BM 36609+:

5 UŠ ina IGI kin^?-ṣa, see (Kurtik m35) MUL₂.MUL₂;
5^? UŠ ˹kin^?˺-ṣa NU KUR, see (Kurtik m15) MAŠ.MAŠ.

Calendar of daily risings and settins of ziqpu stars.

See. [Schaumberger 1955, 247-251].

"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts."

4 UŠ ina IGI MUL₂ kin-ṣa ziq-pi ^dSin A[N-KU₁₀...] "When (the point located) ahead of (the star) 15 Lacertae culminates at 40, an ecli[pse occurs]." [AD III, No.-149 obv. 5].

See also a-na kin-ṣa [LBAT, 1499 r. 31], ^múlkin-ṣi [LBAT 1501:9].

Late astrology.

AO 6483ː

[...:] ^múlkin-ṣi e₃-a uš₂ nam-šu₂ "[If a child is born when...], (when) the Knee appears: its fate is death" [TU, 14 r. 33; Sachs 1952, 67, 70].

Additional

II. Identification.

Ziqpu X

= η Pegasi [G. 144, IV 5; Sachs 1952, 70b:33];

= a group of stars near 15 Lacertae [Schaumberger 1952, 221, 229];

= α Lacertae [MA, 142-3; ASM, 86];

= α, β+ Lacertae [ASM, 88].

III. Part of the figure of the constellation.

Kinṣu is used in describing the following constellations:

1) ^mulUD.KA.DU₈.A "Demon with the Gaping Mouth," see above.

2) ^mulŠU.GI "Old Man," see (Kurtik sh16) ŠU.GI.

3) ^mulUZ₃ "Goat," see (Kurtik u31) UZ₃.

4) ^dZa-ba₄-ba₄, see (Kurtik z01) ^dZA.BA₄.BA₄.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, K18)	Gössmann (1950)
= «Колено, голень»(?); 1) = ziqpu X, часть созвездия Демон с Разинутой Пастью (kinṣu ša₂ ^mulUD.KA.DU₈.A), группа звезд в Ящерице (Lacerta); 2) часть фигуры некоторых созвездий [AHw, 478–9; CAD K, 373–374; G. 144, 229]. I. Источники. MUL.APIN. Список кульминаций и одновременных восходов, см. i15. Списки ziqpu-звезд. (1) AO 6478: a) 3⅓ MA.NA MIN(=šuqultu) \| ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN (= ina qaqqari) \| 36 IGI DANNA i-na KI.MIN (=ina šamê) \| TA ^mulni-bi-i ša GABA-šu₂ \| EN ^mulkin-ṣi «3⅓ мины веса, 200 на земле, 36000 миль на небе / От звезды с большим блеском на его (Демона с Разинутой Пастью) груди до (его) Колена», b) [3⅓] MA.NA MIN \| ⅔ DANNA i-na KI.MIN \| 36 IGI DANNA ina KI.MIN \| TA ^mulkin-ṣi EN ^mula-si-[di] «[3⅓] мины веса, 200 на земле, 36000 миль на небе / От Колена до Пят[ки]» [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:21–24; TU, 21:21–24; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228–229]; параллель см. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:12–13]. (2) VAT 16437: ⅔ DANNA a-na ^mulkin-[ṣu] «200 до Колена» [Schaumberger 1952, 224–225:5]. (3) VAT 16436: ^múlkin-ṣi // 3 // 6 IGI 7 ME 80 KUŠ₃ «Колено // 3 (звезды) // 6780 (локтей) [Schaumberger 1952, 226–227:2]. (4) BM 38369+: a) TA ^mulni-bi-i ša ^mulUD.K[A.DUḪ.A] / EN ^dki-in-ṣi-šu ⅔^! [DANNA] «От звезды с большим блеском Демона с [Разинутой] Пас[тью] / До его Колена ⅔ [мили]», b) TA ^dki-in-ṣi-šu EN a-si-di-šu₂ ˹⅔˺ [DANNA] «От его колена до его пятки ⅔ [мили] (200)» [Horowitz 1994a, 91–92:2–4]. (5) Sippar Planisphere: ⅔ DANNA ana ^mulkin-˹ṣu^!˺ «⅔ мили (200) до (его) Колена» [Horowitz–al-Rawi 2001, 171–173:10]. Анафора. BM 36609+: 5 UŠ ina IGI kin^?-ṣa, см. m35MUL.MUL; 5^? UŠ ˹kin^?˺-ṣa NU KUR, см. m15MAŠ.MAŠ. Kалендарь ежедневных восходов и заходов ziqpu-звезд. См. [Schaumberger 1955, 247–251]. «Дневники наблюдений». 4 UŠ ina IGI MUL₂ kin-ṣa ziq-pi ^dsin A[N-KU₁₀…] «Когда (точка, находящаяся) впереди (звезды) 15 Lacertae на 40, кульминировала, лунное зат[мение произошло]» [AD III, No.-149 obv. 5]. См. также a-na kin-ṣa [LBAT, 1499 r. 31], ^múlkin-ṣi [LBAT 1501:9]. Поздняя астрология. AO 6483: […:] ^múlkin-ṣi e₃-a uš₂ nam-šu₂ «[Если ребенок родился, когда…], (когда) Колено появляется: его судьба — смерть» [TU, 14 r. 33; Sachs 1952, 67, 70]. II. Отождествление. Ziqpu X = η Pegasi [G. 144, IV 5; Sachs 1952, 70b:33]; = группа звезд вблизи 15 Lacertae [Schaumberger 1952, 221, 229]; = α Lacertae [MA, 142–3; ASM, 86]; = α, β+ Lacertae [ASM, 88]. III. Часть фигуры созвездия. Kinṣu используется при описании следующих созвездий: 1) ^mulUD.KA.DU₈.A «Демон с Разинутой Пастью», см. выше. 2) ^mulŠU.GI «Старик», см. sh16. 3) ^mulUZ₃ «Коза», см. u31. 4) ^dZa-ba₄-ba₄, см. z01.	Example

References

Kurtik's references

↑ Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.

[1] Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.

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+[[File:Heel of UKADUA.jpg|thumb|Heel of the "Demon with the Gaping Mouth" in Mesopotamian astral science, typically identified with lambda Andromedae (in the first millennium). Depiction in Stellarium, painting by Jessica Gullberg 2021.]]
-<sup>mul</sup>''Kinṣu'' (𒀯𒆥𒍮) means "knee" in Akkadian and designates asterisms thar form part of a number of ancient Mesopotamian constellations.
+<sup>mul</sup>''Kinṣu'' (𒀯𒆥𒍮) means "knee, shin" in Akkadian and designates asterisms thar form part of a number of ancient Mesopotamian constellations.
+==Concordance, Etymology, History==
-'''To be added - Uranology D i 21 Demon with the Open Mouth'''
-==Dictionary==
 ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
+= "Knee, shin"(?);
+Var. designations:
-* = "Knee, shin"(?);
 * 1) = ''ziqpu'' X, part of the constellation Demon with the Gaping Mouth (kinṣu ša<sub>2</sub> [[UD.KA.DU8.A|<sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A]]), a group of stars in the Lizard ([[Lacerta]]);
 * 2) part of the figure of some other constellations [AHw, 478-9; CAD K, 373-374; G. 144, 229].
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 |'''Lists of ziqpu stars.'''
 * (1) AO 6478:
 ** (a) 3⅓ MA.NA MIN(=''šuqultu'') | ⅔ DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN (= ''ina'' ''qaqqari'') | 36 IGI DANNA ''i-na'' KI. MIN (=''ina šamê'') | TA <sup>mul</sup>''ni-bi-i ša'' GABA''-šu''<sub>2</sub> | EN <sup>mul</sup>''kin-ṣi'' "3⅓ mins of weight, 200 on earth, 36,000 miles in the sky / From the star with great brilliance on its (Demon with the Gaping Mouth) breast to (its) Knee",
 ** (b) [3⅓] MA.NA MIN | ⅔ DANNA ''i-na'' KI.MIN | 36 IGI DANNA ''ina'' KI.MIN | TA <sup>mul</sup>''kin-ṣi'' EN <sup>mul</sup>''a-si''-[''di''] "[3⅓] mins of weight, 200 on earth, 36,000 miles in the sky / From the Knee to the Heel." [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:21-24; TU, 21:21-24; HBA, 132; Schaumberger 1952, 228-229]; for a parallel see. [CT 26, 50, K. 9794:12-13].
 * (2) VAT 16437: ⅔ DANNA ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>''kin''-[''ṣu''] "200 to the Knee" [Schaumberger 1952, 224-225:5].
 * (3) VAT 16436: <sup>múl</sup>''kin-ṣi'' // 3 // 6 IGI 7 ME 80 KUŠ<sub>3</sub> 'Knee // 3 (stars) // 6780 (cubits) [Schaumberger 1952, 226-227:2].
 * (4) BM 38369+:
 ** a) TA <sup>mul</sup>''ni-bi-i ša'' <sup>mul</sup>UD.K[A.DUḪ.A] / EN <sup>d</sup>''ki-in-ṣi-šu'' ⅔<sup>!</sup> [DANNA] "From the star with the great brilliance of the Demon with the [Open] Mou[th] / To its Knee ⅔ [miles]",
 ** (b) TA <sup>d</sup>''ki-in-ṣi-šu'' EN ''a-si-di-šu''<sub>2</sub> ˹⅔˺ [DANNA] "From its knee to its heels ⅔ [miles] (200)"  [Horowitz 1994a, 91-92:2-4].
 * (5) Sippar Planisphere: ⅔ DANNA ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>''kin''-˹''ṣu''<sup>!</sup>˺ "⅔ miles (200) to (his) Knee" [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001, 171-173:10].
+|
+|-
+|'''Uranology'''<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>
+* MLC 1866 (obverse)
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!
+!
+|-
+|D i 17. <sup>⌈</sup>¶<sup>⌉</sup> <sup>mul</sup>UD.KA.DUH.A <sup>d</sup>U.GUR: SAG.KAL ''a-lik'' <sup>⌈</sup>''mah-ri''<sup>⌉</sup>
+D i 18. <sup>⌈</sup>''ṣa-lam''<sup>⌉</sup> ''šú-u lu-bu-uš-tu<sub>4</sub> la-biš'' AGA ''a-pir''
+D i 19. <sup>⌈</sup>2<sup>⌉</sup> ''pa-ni-šú pa-ni mah''-<sup>⌈</sup>''ru''<sup>⌉</sup>-''tú pa-ni ṣa-lam''
+D i 20. ⌈''pa''<sup>⌉</sup>-''ni ár-ku-''<sup>⌈</sup>''tu<sub>4</sub> pa''<sup>⌉</sup>-''ni'' <sup>⌈</sup>UR<sup>⌉</sup>.MAH ''ziq-nu za-qin''
+D i 21. ''pi-i pi-''<sup>⌈</sup>''ti kap''<sup>⌉</sup>-''pi ra-áš-ši '''kin-ṣi''' 15-šú''
+D i 22. <sup>⌈</sup>''ki-ṣal''<sup>⌉</sup>-''šú'' 3.<sup>⌈</sup>TA<sup>⌉</sup>.ÀM MUL ''a-si-du'' 15''-šú'' KI.ÚR
+D i 23. [ x x x ''a-si-d'']''u'' KI.<sup>⌈</sup>ÚR<sup>⌉</sup> ''ṣa-lam''
+D i 24. [MUL ''šá ina'' ZAG''-šú'' GUB]-<sup>⌈</sup>''zu''<sup>⌉</sup> <sup>mul</sup>ŠAH <sup>⌈</sup>MUL<sup>⌉</sup> ''šá ina'' GÙB''-šú''
+D i 25. [GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>ANŠE.KUR.RA] x x ''a-n''[''a''] x x x
+D i 26. [ ] x x [ ]
+|i17. ¶ “The Demon with The Open Mouth,” Nergal: the leader going in front,
+i18. He is a human figure, clothed, wearing a tiara.
+i19. Two are his faces. The front face is the face of a human figure.
+i20. The back face is that of a lion, bearded,
+i21. mouth open, having wings; its right '''shin''' (and)
+i22. its ankle are three fold; the star of its right heel (and) lower extremities
+i23. [(are) . . . the hee]l (and) the lower extremities of a human figure.
+i24. [The star which at its right stand]s is “The Pig”; the star which at its left
+i25. [stands is “The Horse,”] . . fo[r] . . .14
+i26. [ ] . . [ ]
+|}
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 BM 36609+:
 * 5 UŠ ''ina'' IGI ''kin''<sup>?</sup>-''ṣa'', see (Kurtik m35) [[MUL.MUL]];
 * 5<sup>?</sup> UŠ ˹kin<sup>?</sup>˺-ṣa NU KUR, see (Kurtik m15) [[MAŠ.MAŠ]].
 |
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 |
 |-
 |'''"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts."'''
-UŠ ''ina'' IGI MUL<sub>2</sub> ''kin-ṣa ziq-pi'' <sup>d</sup>''Sin'' A[N-KU<sub>10</sub>...] "When (the point located) ahead of (the star) 15 Lacertae culminates at 40, an  ecli[pse occurs]." [AD III, No.-149 obv. 5]. See also ''a-na kin-ṣa'' [LBAT, 1499 r. 31], <sup>múl</sup>''kin-ṣi'' [LBAT 1501:9].
+* 4 UŠ ''ina'' IGI MUL<sub>2</sub> ''kin-ṣa ziq-pi'' <sup>d</sup>''Sin'' A[N-KU<sub>10</sub>...] "When (the point located) ahead of (the star) 15 Lacertae culminates at 40, an  ecli[pse occurs]." [AD III, No.-149 obv. 5].
+See also ''a-na kin-ṣa'' [LBAT, 1499 r. 31], <sup>múl</sup>''kin-ṣi'' [LBAT 1501:9].
 |
 |-
 |'''Late astrology.'''
+AO 6483ː
-AO 6483: [...:] <sup>múl</sup>''kin-ṣi e''<sub>3</sub>''-a uš''<sub>2</sub> ''nam-šu''<sub>2</sub> "[If a child is born when...], (when) the Knee appears: its fate is death" [TU, 14 r. 33; Sachs 1952, 67, 70].
+* [...:] <sup>múl</sup>''kin-ṣi e''<sub>3</sub>''-a uš''<sub>2</sub> ''nam-šu''<sub>2</sub> "[If a child is born when...], (when) the Knee appears: its fate is death" [TU, 14 r. 33; Sachs 1952, 67, 70].
 |
 |}
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 ) <sup>mul</sup>ŠU.GI "Old Man," see (Kurtik sh16) [[ŠU.GI]].
-) <sup>mul</sup>UZ<sub>3</sub> "Goat," see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3]].
+) <sup>mul</sup>UZ<sub>3</sub> "Goat," see (Kurtik u31) [[UZ3|UZ<sub>3</sub>]].
 ) <sup>d</sup>Za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>, see (Kurtik z01) [[ZA.BA4.BA4|<sup>d</sup>ZA.BA<sub>4</sub>.BA<sub>4</sub>]].
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 [[Category:Cuneiform]]
 [[Category:Constellation]]
+[[Category:4workWayne]]

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