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<sup>mul</sup>BURRUM AN.NA (the Sparkling Night-Sky of Heaven). A pseudo-Sumerian term that occurs just the one time in The Great Star List as a feature of [[PA.BIL.SAG]] in [[Sagittarius]]. As written this must be taken as a Sumerian rendering of an Akkadian ''burrumū šamê''; ''burrumū'' being a poetic name for the night sky (see MCG 226-227). The original intent of the Sumerian may be understood as something like, ‘the sparkling night sky of heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general. |
<sup>mul</sup>BURRUM AN.NA (the Sparkling Night-Sky of Heaven). A pseudo-Sumerian term that occurs just the one time in The Great Star List as a feature of [[PA.BIL.SAG]] in [[Sagittarius]]. As written this must be taken as a Sumerian rendering of an Akkadian ''burrumū šamê''; ''burrumū'' being a poetic name for the night sky (see MCG 226-227). The original intent of the Sumerian may be understood as something like, ‘the sparkling night sky of heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general. |
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Latest revision as of 12:49, 6 February 2025
mulBURRUM AN.NA (the Sparkling Night-Sky of Heaven). A pseudo-Sumerian term that occurs just the one time in The Great Star List as a feature of PA.BIL.SAG in Sagittarius. As written this must be taken as a Sumerian rendering of an Akkadian burrumū šamê; burrumū being a poetic name for the night sky (see MCG 226-227). The original intent of the Sumerian may be understood as something like, ‘the sparkling night sky of heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general.
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
mulBurrum AN.NA = "Sparkling sky"(?), lit. "The variegated (multicolored) sky"; part of the constellation PA.BIL.SAG(?).
| Sources | Identifications |
|---|---|
| Only in the "Great Star List": mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) "Sparkle of the sky = Sparkle of Pabilsag" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959-60, 107]. | Example |
See PA.BIL.SAG.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| = «Сверкание неба»(?), букв. «Пестрое (разноцветное) небо»; часть созвездия PA.BIL.SAG(?). Только в «Большом списке звезд»: mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) «Сверкание неба = Блеск Пабилсага» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959–60, 107]. | Example |
