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*** "[2½ minas of weight], 150 o[n ear]th, 27,000 miles in the sky / From Natsrapu to [the Staff]" [Thureau-Dangin 1913<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F.'' Distances entre étoiles fixes // RA. 1913. Vol 13. P.215-225.</ref>, 216:31-32, 217:1-2; TU, 21:31-32, r. 1-2; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 133; Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1">''Schaumberger J.  ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 228-229].
*** "[2½ minas of weight], 150 o[n ear]th, 27,000 miles in the sky / From Natsrapu to [the Staff]" [Thureau-Dangin 1913<ref>''Thureau-Dangin F.'' Distances entre étoiles fixes // RA. 1913. Vol 13. P.215-225.</ref>, 216:31-32, 217:1-2; TU, 21:31-32, r. 1-2; HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 133; Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1">''Schaumberger J.  ''Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.</ref>, 228-229].
* (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>''na-aṣ-ra-pi'' "10 degrees to the ''naṣrapu''" [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 224-225:10], parallel [LBAT<ref>''A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier,'' Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.</ref>, 1501:14].
* (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ ''a-na'' <sup>mul</sup>''na-aṣ-ra-pi'' "10 degrees to the ''naṣrapu''" [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 224-225:10], parallel [LBAT<ref>''A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier,'' Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.</ref>, 1501:14].
|These texts preserve the information that <sup>mul</sup>''Naṣrapu'' is 10°RA "behind" (east of) the bright star in [[Perseus]] ([[Mirfak]]).
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* '''<big>(3) VAT 16436: ''<sup>múl</sup>na-aṣ<sub>2</sub>-ra-pu'' // 6 // 8 IGI 2 ME</big>'''
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*'''<big>(3) VAT 16436: ''<sup>múl</sup>na-aṣ<sub>2</sub>-ra-pu'' // 6 // 8 IGI 2 ME</big>'''
** '''<big>"naṣrap // 6 (stars) // 8200 cubits" [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 226-227:7].</big>'''
** '''<big>"naṣrap // 6 (stars) // 8200 cubits" [Schaumberger 1952<ref name=":1" />, 226-227:7].</big>'''
** '''<big>parallel: BM 37373 - 2 stars in ''naṣrapu'' Horowitz and Fincke JNES 77 2017????</big>'''
** '''<big>parallel: BM 37373 - 2 stars in ''naṣrapu'' Horowitz and Fincke JNES 77 2017????</big>'''
*** AO 6478 - does not give dots = numbers of stars - 10 USH
*** AO 6478 - does not give dots = numbers of stars - 10 USH
*** VAT 16436 A obv. 11’: [… MUL.na-a]ṣ-ra-⸢pu⸣ 6 MUL-š[ú] - 10 USH
*** VAT 16436 A obv. 11’: [… MUL.na-a]ṣ-ra-⸢pu⸣ 6 MUL-š[ú] - 10 USH
*** BM 37373 B obv. 7: MÚL.na-áṣ-ra-pu 2 : 8 LIM 2 ME KÙŠ - 8 LIM 2 ME KUSH = 8,200 cubits
*** BM 37373 B obv. 7: MÚL.na-áṣ-ra-pu 2 : 8 LIM 2 ME KÙŠ - 8 LIM 2 ME KUSH = 8,200 cubits
* (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>''na''-˹''aṣ''˺-''ra-pi'' "10 degrees to the ''naṣrapu''" [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001<ref name=":2">''Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H''. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.</ref>, 171-173:15]; see also BM 61677: ˹⅔˺ DANNA a-na na-aṣ-r[a-pi...] "2/3 of a league to the ''naṣr''[''apu'']" [ibid.<ref name=":2" />, 180:7'].
* (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ''ana'' <sup>mul</sup>''na''-˹''aṣ''˺-''ra-pi'' "10 degrees to the ''naṣrapu''" [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001<ref name=":2">''Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H''. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.</ref>, 171-173:15]; see also BM 61677: ˹⅔˺ DANNA a-na na-aṣ-r[a-pi...] "2/3 of a league to the ''naṣr''[''apu'']" [ibid.<ref name=":2" />, 180:7'].
|These texts add the information that the asterism is not a single star but consists of at least two, perhaps six stars.
|[[File:Nasrapu c+muPer ziqpuAstersism.jpg|thumb|nasrapu's position in Stellarium ]]
In the area behind Mirfak, there is a group of stars around the star c Per, all between 4 and 5 mag bright.
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 29 December 2025

nasrapu's position in Stellarium

mulNaṣrapu (𒀯𒈾𒊍𒊏𒁍) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism, a group of stars in the constellation Perseus [Gössmann[1] 296; AHw[2], 757a; CAD[3] N/1, 51a]. It is a ziqpu-star, between the ŠU.GI (Old Man) and the GAM3 (Crook), but the sense of the name if it is in regard to the shape of the asterism is uncertain. The number of stars in this asterism is alternatively given as 6 or 2 (see Fincke-Horowitz 2017:  ??PAGE N NEEDED?? ). We would follow the total of 6 which appears in the most reliable source (VAT 16436), and so suggest the cluster of mostly 4th magnitude stars behind the Old Man in the direction of the Crook.

Concordance, Etymology, History[4]

= ziqpu XV,

Sources Identifications
Lists of ziqpu stars.
  • (1) AO 6478:
    • (a) [1½ MA.NA MIN (=šuqultu) | 10] UŠ i-na KI.MIN(= ina qaqqari) | 18 IGI DANNA [ina KI.MIN](=ina šamê) / [TA MUL ni-bi-i ša2 mulŠU.GI] | EN mulna-[aṣ-ra-pi]
      • "[1½ min. weight, 10 degrees] on earth, 18,000 miles in the sky / [From the brilliant star in the Old Man] to the na[ṣrapu]",
    • (b) [2½ MA. NA KI.LA2] | ½ DANNA i-n[a qaq-q]a-ri | 27 IGI DANNA ina AN-[e] / TA mulna-aṣ-ra-pi | EN mul[GAM3]
      • "[2½ minas of weight], 150 o[n ear]th, 27,000 miles in the sky / From Natsrapu to [the Staff]" [Thureau-Dangin 1913[5], 216:31-32, 217:1-2; TU, 21:31-32, r. 1-2; HBA[6], 133; Schaumberger 1952[7], 228-229].
  • (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na mulna-aṣ-ra-pi "10 degrees to the naṣrapu" [Schaumberger 1952[7], 224-225:10], parallel [LBAT[8], 1501:14].
 These texts preserve the information that mulNaṣrapu is 10°RA "behind" (east of) the bright star in Perseus (Mirfak).
  • (3) VAT 16436: múlna-aṣ2-ra-pu // 6 // 8 IGI 2 ME
    • "naṣrap // 6 (stars) // 8200 cubits" [Schaumberger 1952[7], 226-227:7].
    • parallel: BM 37373 - 2 stars in naṣrapu Horowitz and Fincke JNES 77 2017????
      • AO 6478 - does not give dots = numbers of stars - 10 USH
      • VAT 16436 A obv. 11’: [… MUL.na-a]ṣ-ra-⸢pu⸣ 6 MUL-š[ú] - 10 USH
      • BM 37373 B obv. 7: MÚL.na-áṣ-ra-pu 2 : 8 LIM 2 ME KÙŠ - 8 LIM 2 ME KUSH = 8,200 cubits
  • (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ana mulna-˹aṣ˺-ra-pi "10 degrees to the naṣrapu" [Horowitz-al-Rawi 2001[9], 171-173:15]; see also BM 61677: ˹⅔˺ DANNA a-na na-aṣ-r[a-pi...] "2/3 of a league to the naṣr[apu]" [ibid.[9], 180:7'].
 These texts add the information that the asterism is not a single star but consists of at least two, perhaps six stars.

In the area behind Mirfak, there is a group of stars around the star c Per, all between 4 and 5 mag bright.

nasrapu's position in Stellarium

W22281a. 

See (Kurtik h12) lúḪUN.GA2.

Additional

II. Identification.

         = ε Persei [Gössmann[1] 296].

         = b, c Persei+ [Schaumberger 1952[7], 222, 229; Hunger-Pingree 1999[10], 88].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, n08) Gössmann (1950)
= ziqpu XV, группа звезд в созвездии Персея [Gössmann 1950, 296; AHw, 757a; CAD N/1, 51a].

I. Источники.

Списки ziqpu-звезд. (1) AO 6478: a) [1½ MA.NA MIN (=šuqultu) | 10] UŠ i-na KI.MIN(= ina qaqqari) | 18 IGI DANNA [ina KI.MIN](=ina šamê) / [TA MUL ni-bi-i ša2 mulŠU.GI] | EN mulna-[aṣ-ra-pi] «[1½ мины веса, 100] на земле, 18000 миль на небе / [От блестящей звезды в Старике] до На[црапу]», b) [2½ MA.NA KI.LA2] | ½ DANNA i-n[a qaq-q]a-ri | 27 IGI DANNA ina AN-[e]  / TA mulna-aṣ-ra-pi | EN mul[GAM3] «[2½ мины веса],  150 н[а зем]ле, 27000 миль на неб[е] / От Нацрапу до [Посоха]» [Thureau-Dangin 1913, 216:31–32, 217:1–2; TU, 21:31–32, r. 1–2; HBA, 133; Schaumberger 1952, 228–229]. (2) VAT 16437: 10 UŠ a-na mulna-aṣ-ra-pi «100 до Нацрапу» [Schaumberger 1952, 224–225:10], параллель [LBAT, 1501:14]. (3) VAT 16436: múlna-aṣ2-ra-pu // 6 // 8 IGI 2 ME «Нацрапу // 6 (звезд) // 8200 локтей» [Schaumberger 1952, 226–227:7]. (4) Sippar Planisphere: 10 UŠ ana mulna-˹aṣ˺-ra-pi «100 до Нацрапу» [Horowitz–al-Rawi 2001, 171–173:15]; см. также BM 61677: ˹⅔˺ DANNA a-na na-aṣ-r[a-pi…] «200 до Нацр[апу]» [ibid., 180:7']. W22281a.  См. h12 lúḪUN.GA2.

II. Отождествление.

= ε Persei [Gössmann 1950, 296].

= b, c Persei+ [Schaumberger 1952, 222, 229; Hunger-Pingree 1999, 88].

Example

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  2. ↑ Soden von W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  3. ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  4. ↑ Gennady Kurtik, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Hermann Hunger, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Jan Safford (2021-202x). Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, online.
  5. ↑ Thureau-Dangin F. Distances entre étoiles fixes // RA. 1913. Vol 13. P.215-225.
  6. ↑ Weidner E. Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Schaumberger J.  Die Ziqpu-Gestirne nach neuen Keilschrift-texten // ZA. 1952. Bd. 50 (N.F. 16). S. 214-229.
  8. ↑ A. Sachs, T. Pinches, J. Strassmaier, Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts, London, 1955.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Horowitz W., al-Rawi F.N.H. Tablets from the Sippar Library IX. A Ziqpu-Star Planisphere // Iraq. 2001. V. LXIII. P. 171-181.
  10. ↑ Hunger H., Pingree D. Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.
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