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Pleiades and Venus in the morning sky. (by Susanne M Hoffmann)

^dAMA.ME.TIL (𒀭𒂼𒈨𒁁) is a Sumerian name for Ishtar of the Stars, namely Venus.

??should be AMA.ME.BAD I think - needs to be checked and an etymology needs to be offered??

Variant reading:

^dAMA.ME.BAD, lit. "the mother goddess, ME gathering";
an epithet of the goddess Ishtar like the planet Venus [G. 18; Tallqvist 1938, 37, 261].

Sources	Identifications
In the list of the gods AN: ^dAnum (IV 180): [^d]˹ama˺.me.til = min(= ^dIš₈-tar₂ mul.<meš>) "Amametil = Goddess of the stars" [CT 25, 31:12; Litke 1996, 161:180].

Kurtik (2022, a26)	Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: dAMA.ME.BAD, букв. «Богиня-мать, ME собирающая»; эпитет богини Иштар как планеты Венера [G. 18; Tallqvist 1938, 37, 261]. I. Источники. В списке богов AN:dAnum (IV 180): ^[d]˹ama˺.me.til = min(= ^dIš₈-tar₂ mul.<meš>) «Амаметил = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:12; Litke 1996, 161:180].	Example

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-<sup>d</sup>AMA.ME.TIL (𒀭𒂼𒈨𒁁) is a Mesopotamian term.
+<sup>d</sup>AMA.ME.TIL (𒀭𒂼𒈨𒁁) is a Sumerian name for Ishtar of the Stars, namely Venus.
+??should be AMA.ME.BAD I think - needs to be checked and an etymology needs to be offered??
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