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<sup>mul / d</sup>MAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian ''[[Amurru]],'' the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation Perseus. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon (https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr171.htm). The Amorites, are western-semites who arrived in Mesopotamia from the west, the direction 'west' and west-wind <sup>im</sup>MAR.TU = ''[[Amurru]]'', i.e. the Amorites are 'westerners' in Sumerian-Akkadian parlance. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in anyway connected to the sense of the star <sup>mul</sup>MAR.TU = ''[[Amurru]]'' as a more western/westerly star than any other in the sky. The sign TU also can be read DU<sub>2</sub>, with the divine name then read Mardu.
<sup>mul / d</sup>MAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian ''[[Amurru]]''


==Concordance, Etymology, History==
==Concordance, Etymology, History==
Var. reading: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.DU<sub>2</sub>; = <sup>mul</sup>''amurru'', "Asterism-West," "Asterism of Amurru"; a constellation or star in Perseus [G. 261].
Var. reading: <sup>mul</sup>MAR.DU<sub>2</sub>; = <sup>mul</sup>''amurru'', "<s>Asterism-West,"</s> Martu, Amurru"; a constellation or star in Perseus [G. 261].
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Astrolabe B. List (12´3): <sup>mul</sup>šu.gi / <sup>d</sup>''En-me-šar''<sub>2</sub>-''ra'' <sup>d</sup>mar.tu "Old Man = Enmesharra = deity-West" (B ii 13-14), see also sh16[[ŠU.GI]].
Astrolabe B. List (12´3): <sup>mul</sup>šu.gi / <sup>d</sup>''En-me-šar''<sub>2</sub>-''ra'' <sup>d</sup>mar.tu "Old Man = Enmesharra = Martu/Amurru d<s>eity-Wes</s>t" (B ii 13-14), see also sh16[[ŠU.GI]].
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DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>MAR.TU (glossa: ''mu-lu a-mur-ru'') MIN(= ''meš-ḫa im-šuḫ'')... "If the Asterism-West emits mišḫu..." [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7-8], parallel [ibid., 63:11].
DIŠ <sup>mul</sup>MAR.TU (glossa: ''mu-lu a-mur-ru'') MIN(= ''meš-ḫa im-šuḫ'')... "If Martu/Amurru <s>Asterism</s>-West emits mišḫu..." [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7-8], parallel [ibid., 63:11].
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Revision as of 08:51, 28 August 2025

mul / dMAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian Amurru, the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation Perseus. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon (https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr171.htm). The Amorites, are western-semites who arrived in Mesopotamia from the west, the direction 'west' and west-wind imMAR.TU = Amurru, i.e. the Amorites are 'westerners' in Sumerian-Akkadian parlance. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in anyway connected to the sense of the star mulMAR.TU = Amurru as a more western/westerly star than any other in the sky. The sign TU also can be read DU2, with the divine name then read Mardu.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Var. reading: mulMAR.DU2; = mulamurru, "Asterism-West," Martu, Amurru"; a constellation or star in Perseus [G. 261].

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Sources Identifications
Lexical texts.

Urra XXII series: mulmar.tu = a-mur!-t[a] A / a-mur-ru B [Emar VI/4, 151:176], [mul]mar.tu = a-mur-[ru] [MSL XI, 31, Section 10:11], mulmar.tu = [a]-mur-ru [Cavigneaux 1981, 79.B.1 / 5 iv 6], mulma[r].t[u] = [...] [SpTU III, 114A v 26], mulmar.du2 = a-mur-ru [Bloch-Horowitz 2015, 106:282ʹ]. ||Example

Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night.

mulMAR.TU [KUB IV, 47 r. 46; BPO 2, 2:17; Van der Toorn 1985, 130:46]. ||Example

"Three Stars Each (Astroabes)."

Astrolabe B. List (12´3): mulšu.gi / dEn-me-šar2-ra dmar.tu "Old Man = Enmesharra = Martu/Amurru deity-West" (B ii 13-14), see also sh16ŠU.GI.

EAE.

DIŠ mulMAR.TU (glossa: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)... "If Martu/Amurru Asterism-West emits mišḫu..." [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7-8], parallel [ibid., 63:11].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m10) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: mulMAR.DU2; = mulamurru, «Звезда-Запад», «Звезда Амурру»; созвездие или звезда в Персее (Perseus) [G. 261]. Example
I. Источники.

Лексич. тексты. Серия Urra XXII: mulmar.tu = a-mur!-t[a] A / a-mur-ru B [Emar VI/4, 151:176], [mul]mar.tu = a-mur-[ru] [MSL XI, 31, Section 10:11], mulmar.tu = [a]-mur-ru [Cavigneaux 1981, 79.B.1 / 5 iv 6], mulma[r].t[u] = […] [SpTU III, 114A v 26], mulmar.du2 = a-mur-ru [Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 106:282ʹ]. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. mulMAR.TU [KUB IV, 47 r. 46; BPO 2, 2:17; Van der Toorn 1985, 130:46]. «Астролябии». Astrolabe B. Cписок (12´3): mulšu.gi / dEn-me-šar2-ra dmar.tu «Старик = Энмешарра = божество-Запад» (B ii 13–14), см. также sh16ŠU.GI. EAE. DIŠ mulMAR.TU (глосса: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)… «Если Звезда-Запад испустила mišḫu…» [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7–8], параллель [ibid., 63:11].

Example

References

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