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<sup>mul / d</sup>MAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian ''[[Amurru]],'' the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation Perseus. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon |
<sup>mul / d</sup>MAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian ''[[Amurru]],'' the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation [[Perseus]]. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu<ref>Marriage of Martu, online at [https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr171.htm Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature] (ETCSL, University of Oxford, UK)</ref> which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon. The Amorites are western Semites who arrived in Mesopotamia from the west, the direction 'west' and west wind <sup>im</sup>MAR.TU = ''[[Amurru]]'', i.e. the Amorites are 'westerners' in Sumerian-Akkadian parlance. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in anyway connected to the sense of the star <sup>mul</sup>MAR.TU = ''[[Amurru]]'' as a more western/westerly star than any other in the sky. The sign TU can also be read DU<sub>2</sub>, with the divine name then read Mardu. |
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Latest revision as of 10:56, 14 September 2025
mul / dMAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian Amurru, the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation Perseus. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu[1] which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon. The Amorites are western Semites who arrived in Mesopotamia from the west, the direction 'west' and west wind imMAR.TU = Amurru, i.e. the Amorites are 'westerners' in Sumerian-Akkadian parlance. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in anyway connected to the sense of the star mulMAR.TU = Amurru as a more western/westerly star than any other in the sky. The sign TU can also be read DU2, with the divine name then read Mardu.
Concordance, Etymology, History
Var. reading:
- mulMAR.DU2;
- = mulamurru,
- Martu, Amurru"; a constellation or star in Perseus [G. 261].
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
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| Lexical texts.
Urra XXII series:
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Example |
Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night.
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Example |
| "Three Stars Each (Astroabes)."
Astrolabe B. List (12´3):
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| EAE.
DIŠ mulMAR.TU (glossa: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)... "If Martu/Amurru |
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, m10) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| вар. чтения: mulMAR.DU2; = mulamurru, «Звезда-Запад», «Звезда Амурру»; созвездие или звезда в Персее (Perseus) [G. 261]. | Example |
| I. Источники.
Лексич. тексты. Серия Urra XXII: mulmar.tu = a-mur!-t[a] A / a-mur-ru B [Emar VI/4, 151:176], [mul]mar.tu = a-mur-[ru] [MSL XI, 31, Section 10:11], mulmar.tu = [a]-mur-ru [Cavigneaux 1981, 79.B.1 / 5 iv 6], mulma[r].t[u] = […] [SpTU III, 114A v 26], mulmar.du2 = a-mur-ru [Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 106:282ʹ]. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. mulMAR.TU [KUB IV, 47 r. 46; BPO 2, 2:17; Van der Toorn 1985, 130:46]. «Астролябии». Astrolabe B. Cписок (12´3): mulšu.gi / dEn-me-šar2-ra dmar.tu «Старик = Энмешарра = божество-Запад» (B ii 13–14), см. также sh16ŠU.GI. EAE. DIŠ mulMAR.TU (глосса: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)… «Если Звезда-Запад испустила mišḫu…» [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7–8], параллель [ibid., 63:11]. |
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References
- ↑ Marriage of Martu, online at Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL, University of Oxford, UK)
