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[[File:Mars im Bienenschwarm 2x 1551pxl.jpg|thumb|Mars in the open star cluster M44 (Praesepe), photograph SMH 2023.]]
[[File:Jupiter-mars-plejaden 2024-07-08 IMG 2438 engl.gif|alt=photograph|thumb|Jupiter, Mars, and Pleiades in dawn. Photograph on July 8 2024 by Susanne M Hoffmann, animated GIF displays labels (English)]]
[[File:Jupiter-mars-plejaden 2024-07-08 IMG 2438 engl.gif|alt=photograph|thumb|Jupiter, Mars, and Pleiades in dawn. Photograph on July 8 2024 by Susanne M Hoffmann, animated GIF displays labels (English)]]
<sup>múl</sup>AN, a Sumerian designation for Mars. 
<sup>múl</sup>AN, a Sumerian designation for Mars. The regular name for Mars would be MUL <sup>d</sup>''Ṣal-bat-a-nu'' = MUL DINGIR = for signs MUL.AN


* (1) = kakkabu "asterism." [CAD K, 46a].
* (1) = kakkabu "asterism." [CAD K, 46a].
* (2) Designation of the planet Mars, in later astronomical and astrological texts, sometimes includes the determinative múl [G. 21]; on the origins of the name see [Neugebauer 1947, 218].__FORCETOC__
* (2) Designation of the planet Mars, in later astronomical and astrological texts, sometimes includes the determinative múl [G. 21]; on the origins of the name see [Neugebauer-Sachs 1967, __FORCETOC__218].
The abbreviation AN (the single sign that also serves as the divine determinative DINGIR (d superscript) may be explained by the first entry for Mars in the Great Star List:

* AN AN ''Ṣal-bat-a-nu'', which we propose was to be understood AN = <sup>d</sup>''Ṣal-bat-a-nu''.


==Dictionary==
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===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===

Revision as of 07:44, 28 August 2024

Mars in the open star cluster M44 (Praesepe), photograph SMH 2023.
photograph
Jupiter, Mars, and Pleiades in dawn. Photograph on July 8 2024 by Susanne M Hoffmann, animated GIF displays labels (English)

múlAN, a Sumerian designation for Mars. The regular name for Mars would be MUL dṢal-bat-a-nu = MUL DINGIR = for signs MUL.AN. 

  • (1) = kakkabu "asterism." [CAD K, 46a].
  • (2) Designation of the planet Mars, in later astronomical and astrological texts, sometimes includes the determinative múl [G. 21]; on the origins of the name see [Neugebauer-Sachs 1967, 218].

The abbreviation AN (the single sign that also serves as the divine determinative DINGIR (d superscript) may be explained by the first entry for Mars in the Great Star List:

  • AN AN Ṣal-bat-a-nu, which we propose was to be understood AN = dṢal-bat-a-nu.


Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Sources Identifications
"Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts."

As a designation for Mars is used already in the earliest known "diary" of year -651 [ADRT I, no. -651:10], later passim.

Mathematical Astronomy. See. [ACT II, 487b].
"Horoscopes." See. [BH, 28].
LBAT 1591. In the list of 5 planets (obv. 1) AN is in the last place. Temple rituals.
  • (1) New Year rituals in Babylon: múlAN dgirru(BIL.GI) ez-zu... "Mars, the wrathful Girru." [RAcc. 138:308; Reynolds 1998, 349; Linssen 2004, 220:308, 229:308].
  • (2) Rituals in Uruk, see (Kurtik u07) UDU.IDIM.
Late Astrology. See. [TU, 18:3, 12, 16; Weidner 1925, 352] as well as [SpTU I, 90:2, 9, 10, 13, 18; 94:13].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, a30) Gössmann (1950)
(1) = kakkabu «звезда» [CAD K, 46a]. (2) Обозначение планеты Марс в поздних астрономических и астрологических текстах, иногда с детерминативом múl [G. 21]; о происхождении названия см. [Neugebauer 1947, 218].

I. Источники.

«Дневники наблюдений». Как обозначение Марса используется уже в самом раннем известном «дневнике» за –651 год [ADRT I, No. -651:10], позднее passim. Математическая астрономия. См. [ACT II, 487b]. «Гороскопы». См. [BH, 28]. LBAT 1591. В списке 5 планет (obv. 1) AN на последнем месте. Храмовые ритуалы. (1) Новогодний ритуал в Вавилоне: múlAN dgirru(BIL.GI) ez-zu… «Марс, гневный Гирру» [RAcc. 138:308; Reynolds 1998, 349; Linssen 2004, 220:308, 229:308]. (2) Ритуал в Уруке, см. u07UDU.IDIM. Поздняя астрология. См. [TU, 18:3, 12, 16; Weidner 1925, 352], а также [SpTU I, 90:2, 9, 10, 13, 18; 94:13].