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<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love. The name written with MUL determinative that indicates him to be an asterism, only occurs in the text called "Great Star List". There, the asterism is identified with with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for a planet, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (<sup>d</sup>Dumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation <sup>mul[[ḪUN.GA2|lu<sub>2</sub>]]</sup>[[ḪUN.GA2|ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] , 'The Hired Man.' |
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<sup>mul / d</sup>DUMU.ZI is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. |
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1) the deity of the constellation mul <sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub> "Hired worker" (see h12); 2) a planet, possibly Saturn. |
1) the deity of the constellation <sup>mul</sup> [[ḪUN.GA2|<sup>lú</sup>ḪUN.GA<sub>2</sub>]] "Hired worker" (see h12); 2) a planet, possibly Saturn. |
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=== Krebernik (2023) === |
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Revision as of 13:45, 23 February 2025
mul / dDUMU.ZI is an ancient Mesopotamian god, a shepherd and lover of the goddess of love. The name written with MUL determinative that indicates him to be an asterism, only occurs in the text called "Great Star List". There, the asterism is identified with with the god Ištaran of Isin, in a short three line section between names for a planet, Mercury and Mars. The god Dumuzi (dDumuzi) is most often identified with the constellation mullu2ḪUN.GA2 , 'The Hired Man.'
Dictionary
1) the deity of the constellation mul lúḪUN.GA2 "Hired worker" (see h12); 2) a planet, possibly Saturn.
Krebernik (2023)
Dumuzi/Tammuz. Mythical lover of Inanna/Ištar, imagined as a shepherd; as her substitute, he has to spend part of the year in the netherworld. dDUMU.ZI (AN 4r).
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
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| Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night.
In the list of planets(?) on the third place: mul dDUMU.ZI [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43]. MUL.APIN. In the list of Anu’s stars: mul lúḪUN.GA2 dDumu-zi "Hired Man, Dumuzi" (I i 43) [MA, 30]; for a parallel see. [STC 1, 217:9; HBA, 112]. ||Example | |
| "The Great Star List and Miscellenia".
(1) muldumu.[zi] = dmin(= dištaran) "Dumuzi = Ishtaran", (2) ulsig7 = ddumu.zi "Green-yellow star = Dumuzi" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:82, 171]. "Planisphere" K 8538. Sector 0: along the arrow representing mulkak.si.sa2, the inscription is ddumu.zi [CT 33, 10; Koch 1989, 56-61; Kurtik 2007, fig. 9]. ||Example | |
| Late astrology, magic and calendar.
An extispicy involving correspondences between the liver fragments, deities, months and stars: NA // dEn-lil2 // itiBARA2 [mul lúḪUN.GA2] / dDumu-zi ... "'Standing' - Enlil; Nisanu; [Hired Man], Dumuzi". [SpTU IV, 159:1-2]; here Dumuzi appears to correspond to mul lúḪUN.GA2 [Reiner 1995, 78]. |
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II. Deity.
The mythological basis explaining the connection of Dumuzi with the constellation Hired-Worker is unclear. It is likely that the role of Dumuzi, as a shepherd of Anu, probably mattered. On the identification of Dumuzi with Ishtaran see [Livingstone 1986, 137]. [See Livingstone 1986, 137.] On Dumuzi as a reborn lunar month see (Foxvog 1993).
III. Symbol.
During the second half of the first millennium BC, the figure of the constellation Hired-worker was considered a ram, see h12 lúḪUN.GA2.
IV. Identification.
As a constellation:
= Hired Worker (Aries) [Foxvog 1993, 106]; for objections to the identification of mul / dDUMU.ZI with mulSIPA.ZI.AN.NA see. [ibid.]
= Orion [Mesop.Astrol., 207, App. C].
As a planet:
= Saturn(?) [HBA 61; Lambert 1987a, 95-96].
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| 1) божество созвездия mul lúḪUN.GA2 «Наемный работник» (см. h12); 2) планета, возможно, Сатурн.
I. Источники. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. В списке планет(?) на третьем месте: mul dDUMU.ZI [KUB IV, 47 r. 43; BPO 2, 2:3; Van der Toorn 1985, 129:43]. MUL.APIN. В списке звезд Ану: mul lúḪUN.GA2 dDumu-zi «Наемник, Думузи» (I i 43) [MA, 30]; параллель см. [STC 1, 217:9; HBA, 112]. «Большой список звезд». (1) muldumu.[zi] = dmin(= dištaran) «Думузи = Иштаран», (2) ulsig7 = ddumu.zi «Зелено-желтая звезда = Думузи» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:82, 171]. «Планисфера» K 8538. Сектор 0: вдоль стрелы, представляющей mulkak.si.sa2, надпись — ddumu.zi [CT 33, 10; Koch 1989, 56–61; Куртик 2007, рис. 9]. Поздняя астрология, магия и календарь. Экстиспиция, включающая соответствия между фрагментами печени, божествами, месяцами и звездами: NA // dEn-lil2 // itiBARA2 [mul lúḪUN.GA2] / dDumu-zi … «‘Стоянка’ — Энлиль; Нисану; [Наемник], Думузи» [SpTU IV, 159:1–2]; здесь Думузи, по-видимому, соответствует mul lúḪUN.GA2 [Reiner 1995, 78]. II. Божество. Мифологическая основа, объясняющая связь Думузи с созвездием Наемный работник, неясна. Вероятно, при этом имела значение роль Думузи как пастуха Ана. Об отождествлении Думузи с Иштараном см. [Livingstone 1986, 137]. О Думузи как возрождающемся лунном месяце см. [Foxvog 1993]. III. Символ. Во второй половине I тыс. до н.э. фигурой созвездия Наемный работник считался баран, см. h12 lúḪUN.GA2. IV. Отождествление. Как созвездие: = Наемный работник (Aries) [Foxvog 1993, 106]; возражения против отождествления mul / dDUMU.ZI с mulSIPA.ZI.AN.NA см. [ibid.]. = Орион (Orion) [Mesop.Astrol., 207, App. C]. Как планета: = Сатурн(?) [HBA 61; Lambert 1987a, 95–96]. |
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