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MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša''<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA (𒈬𒁍𒂡𒁕𒃻𒀀𒀊𒁀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. For an identification with 'The Southern Cross,' see Horowitz 2017.


#REDIRECT [[ŠUDUN_ša2_A.AB.BA]]
Horowitz W. 2017, “Communication and Miscommunication in the Southern Sky, The


Case of Scorpio and the Southern Cross in Cuneiform,” in Keimer K.H. and G. Davis eds.,

Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East, Routledge.

==Concordance, Etymology, History==
===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
Variant reading:

* <sup>mul</sup>ŠUDUN ''ša''<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA (sh19);
* = "Yoke of the Sea" [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 273];

Constellation in Stern and Sails ([[Puppis]] + [[Vela]])(?). - ??Southern Cross???
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See. [BPO 3<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 284b].
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|'''Star List VR 46, 1:37.'''
* <sup>mul</sup>mu.bu.<keš<sub>2</sub>.da ša<sub>2</sub>> a.ab.ba = <sup>mul</sup>nun<sup>ki</sup> "Yoke of the sea = (Asterism of) Eridu" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 52:37; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, 162-3].
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===Additional===

==== II. Identification. ====
       The position of the constellation MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša''<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA "Yoke of the Sea" apparently corresponds to the position of the constellation Eridu in the sky, see in this connection (Kurtik n50) [[NUNki|NUN<sup>ki</sup>]], IV.

==== III. Astrology. ====
          (1) Yoke of the sea; <sup>mul</sup>MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša''<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-''a'' [...] "Yoke of the sea = Ea [...]" [BPO 3<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 58, K.148+:8].

          (2) Yoke of the sea and sacrifice; <sup>mul</sup>MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ''ša''<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA LUGAL SIŠKUR APIN-''eš'' "The yoke of the sea desires a sacrifice from the king" [BPO 3<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 92, K.2226+:7]; ritual injunction to avoid the consequences of an unfavorable prediction.

==Historical Dictionaries==
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! scope="col" style="width: 60%;" |Kurtik (2022, m28)
! scope="col" style="width: 40%;" |Gössmann (1950)
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|вар.: <sup>mul</sup>ŠUDUN ša<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA (sh19); = «Ярмо Моря» [G. 273]; созвездие в Корме и Парусах (Puppis + Vela)(?).
I. Источники.

ЕАЕ.  См. [BPO 3, 284b]. Список звезд VR 46, 1:37. <sup>mul</sup>mu.bu.<keš<sub>2</sub>.da ša<sub>2</sub>> a.ab.ba = <sup>mul</sup>nun<sup>ki</sup> «Ярмо моря = (Звезда) Эриду» [HBA, 52:37; Wee 2016, 162–3].

II. Отождествление.

Положение созвездия MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ša<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA «Ярмо Моря» на небе соответствовало, по-видимому, положению созвездия Эриду, см. в связи с этим n50NUN<sup>ki</sup>, IV.

III. Астрология.

(1) Ярмо моря; <sup>mul</sup>MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ša<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-a […] «Ярмо моря = Эа […]» [BPO 3, 58, K.148+:8].

(2) Ярмо моря и жертвоприношение; <sup>mul</sup>MU.BU.KEŠ<sub>2</sub>.DA ša<sub>2</sub> A.AB.BA LUGAL SIZKUR APIN-eš «Ярмо моря желает жертвоприношения от царя» [BPO 3, 92, K.2226+:7]; ритуальное предписание во избежание последствий неблагоприятного предсказания.
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==References==
*[[References (Babylonian)|Kurtik's references]]
[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
[[Category:Akkadian]]
[[Category:Akkadian]]

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