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=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim === |
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[G. 201]; apparently one of the epithets of Mars; only in prediction: DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>IR.BI<sub>4</sub>.IL<sup>(?)</sup> ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ<sub>2</sub>.MEŠ <sup>d</sup>''Ṣal-bat-a-nu u''<sub>2</sub>-''tan-na''-[''at''] "When Irbil<sup>?</sup> (observed): horses die; (this happens when) the brilliance of Mars wanes" [ACh Ištar, 30:44]. |
[G. 201]; apparently one of the epithets of Mars; only in prediction: DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>IR.BI<sub>4</sub>.IL<sup>(?)</sup> ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ<sub>2</sub>.MEŠ <sup>d</sup>''Ṣal-bat-a-nu u''<sub>2</sub>-''tan-na''-[''at''] "When Irbil<sup>?</sup> (observed): horses die; (this happens when) the brilliance of Mars wanes" [ACh Ištar, 30:44]. <nowiki>[[need to collate?? - check in cdli for tablet??? could this be a reference to Mars being Ishtar of Erbella - if yes why Mars and not Venus???]]</nowiki> |
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Revision as of 01:44, 26 May 2025
mulIR.BI4.IL (𒀯𒅕𒁁𒅋) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.
Dictionary
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
[G. 201]; apparently one of the epithets of Mars; only in prediction: DIŠ mulIR.BI4.IL(?) ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ2.MEŠ dṢal-bat-a-nu u2-tan-na-[at] "When Irbil? (observed): horses die; (this happens when) the brilliance of Mars wanes" [ACh Ištar, 30:44]. [[need to collate?? - check in cdli for tablet??? could this be a reference to Mars being Ishtar of Erbella - if yes why Mars and not Venus???]]
Images of Mars
Close Conjunction of Jupiter (brighter) and Mars (reddish) under Orion (upper right), seen from Cape Town (SMH 2024)
Closest Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in 2024 (Cape Town, SMH).
Jupiter, Mars and Pleiades at Dawn (SMH 2024).
Jupiter, Mars, Pleiaden in a slightly cloudy morning twilight (SMH 2024).
Mars in the constellation Gemini, The Twins (SMH January 2025).
Mars in the constellation Gemini, The Twins (SMH February 2025).
Mars extremly close to epsilon Geminorum (14 April 2023), seen from Petra, Jordan (SMH).
One day after the close conjunction of Mars with epsilon Geminorum; seen from Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023). The planet then had a visible separation from the star.
Mars in the Open Star Cluster Praesepe (M44) in Cancer (2023)
Mars next to a tower in Central Europe: its reddish colour is extraordinarily obvious (SMH 2025).
Mars two moon widths next to the Moon, photograph at full moon taken through a window in order to produce a dimmer image of the full moon next to Mars: the planet is at the right edge of the Moon. (SMH January 2025).
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, i14) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| [G. 201]; по-видимому, один из эпитетов Марса; только в предсказании: DIŠ mulIR.BI4.IL(?) ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UŠ2.MEŠ dṢal-bat-a-nu u2-tan-na-[at] «Когда Ирбил? (наблюдается): лошади умирают; (это происходит, когда) блеск Марса ослабевает» [ACh Ištar, 30:44]. | Example |
