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<sup>mul</sup>UR.NIG (𒀯𒌨𒊩𒌨) = ''nēltu'' "lioness". This cannot be a name for the Babylonian-Assyrian equivalent of classical Leo which is depicted as male in a first millennium drawing. However, the feminine form of the Akkadian at Emar in Syria in the Second Millennium BCE could allow for a different view of this constellation in earlier periods, particularly in the West-Semitic realm, or for an identification with another 'cat' shaped figure in the sky or just perhaps an ancient version of Leo Minor. |
<sup>mul</sup>UR.NIG (𒀯𒌨𒊩𒌨) = ''nēltu'' "lioness". This cannot be a name for the Babylonian-Assyrian equivalent of classical Leo which is depicted as male in a first millennium drawing. However, the feminine form of the Akkadian at Emar in Syria in the Second Millennium BCE could allow for a different view of this constellation in earlier periods, particularly in the West-Semitic realm, or for an identification with another 'cat' shaped figure in the sky or just perhaps an ancient version of Leo Minor. See [Hoffmann and Horowitz 2025<ref>Hoffmann and Horowitz (2025). Lion, Lioness and Wings: Studies of The Lion-Asterism(s?) of Ancient Mesopotamia, [https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/publikationen/afo/ Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO)] 56, 33-43</ref>, pp. 35, 39.] |
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==Concordance, Etymology, History== |
==Concordance, Etymology, History== |
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===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== |
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 16 December 2025
mulUR.NIG (𒀯𒌨𒊩𒌨) = nēltu "lioness". This cannot be a name for the Babylonian-Assyrian equivalent of classical Leo which is depicted as male in a first millennium drawing. However, the feminine form of the Akkadian at Emar in Syria in the Second Millennium BCE could allow for a different view of this constellation in earlier periods, particularly in the West-Semitic realm, or for an identification with another 'cat' shaped figure in the sky or just perhaps an ancient version of Leo Minor. See [Hoffmann and Horowitz 2025[1], pp. 35, 39.]
Concordance, Etymology, History
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Only in Urra XXII series from Emar
- [mulur.n]ig = ne2-el2-tu [Weidner 1959-60[2], 112, VAT 9430:28; MSL XI[3], 31, Gap j:c], see also [AHw[4], 783a; CAD[5] N/2, 192b]. See discussion Hoffmann and Horowitz 2025.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, n17) | |
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(mul)Nēltu |
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| аккадская параллель к mulUR.NIG «Львица», только в серии Urra XXII из Эмара, см.u23UR.NIG. | |
| Kurtik (2022, u23) | Gössmann (1950) |
| = nēltu «Львица»; только в Urra XXII: [mulur.n]ig = ne2-el-tu [Weidner 1959–60, 112, VAT 9430:28; MSL XI, 31, Gap j:c], см. также [AHw, 783a; CAD N/2, 192b]. | Example |
References
- ↑ Hoffmann and Horowitz (2025). Lion, Lioness and Wings: Studies of The Lion-Asterism(s?) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO) 56, 33-43
- ↑ Weidner E. Ein astrologischer Sammeltext aus der Sargonidenzeit // AfO. 1959-1960. Bd. 19. S. 105-113.
- ↑ Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = hubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.
- ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
- ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
