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• 09:14, 21 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page Dabbātu (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Dabbātu''}} ^mul''Dabbātu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Var. entries: ^dḪa-ba-ri; Akkadian parallel to ^mulEN.TE.NA.BAR.ḪUM/LUM/SIG₄; the meaning of the Akkadian word is not quite clear, possible connections with ḫumṣīru "(big) mouse" with the meaning: "Mouse-like". [AHw, 355b; CAD Ḫ, 8; Landsberger 1934, 105f.]; a constellati...")
• 09:10, 21 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page Ḫabaṣīrānu (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ḫabaṣīrānu''}} ^{mul / d}''Ḫabaṣīrānu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation Snake (mulMUŠ) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia".''' [^dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=^dṣal-bat-a-nu) "Ereshkig...")
• 09:07, 21 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GUR4 (Created page with "^mulGUR₄ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== Var. readings: KUR₄, NIGIN₂; = ^mulbasālu "shining star"; in the astrological commentary on the EAE, Tablet 26 (27) [SpTU V, 262 r. 5], apparently an epithet of the Sun. ==Historical Dictionaries== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="width: 60%;" |Kurtik (2022, a13) ! scope="col" style="width: 40%;" |Gössmann (1950) |- |вар. чтения: KUR<s...") Tag: Visual edit
• 08:46, 21 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page Gula (Created page with "^{mul d}''Gula'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Gula — a healer-goddess, also the goddess of the constellation mulUZ3 the "Goat" in Lyra; her name was sometimes used as the name of a constellation [G. 82]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |Lexical texts. Urra XXII series: mul <d>gu-la = ni-ik-ka-ra-a[k] [Emar VI/4, 151:154].  "The Great Star List and Miscellenia." mulda...") Tag: Visual edit
• 05:01, 21 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Solitaire+Dodo compared2human.jpg (Comparison of the size of the Rodrigues Solitaire and other species of pigeon with a human (by Narwhaler).)
• 05:01, 21 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Solitaire+Dodo compared2human.jpg (Comparison of the size of the Rodrigues Solitaire and other species of pigeon with a human (by Narwhaler).)
• 00:31, 21 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Hydor stellarium-Farnese.gif (The Stellarium sky culture "Farnese Globe" maps the depiction of the ancient marble globe to a modern star chart. The constellation of The River and the asterism of the (water)outlet of Aquarius form a huge watery environment for Cetus, The Seamonster. The northern edge of this area is bordered by the "ribbon" of Pisces of which only the southern part is drawn on the marble globe. The artist who made this globe apparently did not consider Pisces as two fish connected with a ribbon, but the no...)
• 00:31, 21 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Hydor stellarium-Farnese.gif (The Stellarium sky culture "Farnese Globe" maps the depiction of the ancient marble globe to a modern star chart. The constellation of The River and the asterism of the (water)outlet of Aquarius form a huge watery environment for Cetus, The Seamonster. The northern edge of this area is bordered by the "ribbon" of Pisces of which only the southern part is drawn on the marble globe. The artist who made this globe apparently did not consider Pisces as two fish connected with a ribbon, but the no...)
• 11:19, 13 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Stellarium+solitaire monnier mark+lbl.gif
• 02:08, 13 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Solitaire bode1801 highlight.jpg (Solitaire in Bode (1801) highlighted (CC BY WGSN).)
• 02:08, 13 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Solitaire bode1801 highlight.jpg (Solitaire in Bode (1801) highlighted (CC BY WGSN).)
• 02:01, 13 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs moved page Noctua to Noctua
• 00:23, 13 October 2024 Ericmamajek talk contribs moved page Template:Noctua to Noctua (create new page on extinct constellation Noctua)
• 15:07, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Dodo emojis.jpg
• 15:07, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Dodo emojis.jpg
• 14:29, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Stellarium+solitaire bode+labls+markers.gif (Animated GIF to identify the area of the constellation "Turdus Solitarius" in Bode (1801), modern star chart from Stelllarium, GIF by SMH 2024.)
• 14:29, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Stellarium+solitaire bode+labls+markers.gif (Animated GIF to identify the area of the constellation "Turdus Solitarius" in Bode (1801), modern star chart from Stelllarium, GIF by SMH 2024.)
• 14:27, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Stellarium+solitaire monnier mark+lbl.gif (Animated GIF for the identifications of stars in the "Solitarire" constellation by Le Monnier (1776); SMH 2024.)
• 14:27, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Stellarium+solitaire monnier mark+lbl.gif (Animated GIF for the identifications of stars in the "Solitarire" constellation by Le Monnier (1776); SMH 2024.)
• 14:24, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Stellarium-solitair Bode+Monnier.gif (animated GIF for the comparison of the "Solitaire" constellation in Monnier (1776) and Bode (1801); SMH 2024.)
• 14:24, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Stellarium-solitair Bode+Monnier.gif (animated GIF for the comparison of the "Solitaire" constellation in Monnier (1776) and Bode (1801); SMH 2024.)
• 14:22, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Solitaire bode1801.JPG (constellation "Turdus Solitarius" in Bode (1801))
• 14:22, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Solitaire bode1801.JPG (constellation "Turdus Solitarius" in Bode (1801))
• 14:21, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:LeMonnier1776 solitaire.jpeg (Pierre Le Monnier's "Constellation du Solitarire" in the History of the French Academy of Science publication (1776))
• 14:21, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:LeMonnier1776 solitaire.jpeg (Pierre Le Monnier's "Constellation du Solitarire" in the History of the French Academy of Science publication (1776))
• 14:00, 12 October 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page Solitaire (Created page with "THis French term was used for the now obsolete constellation Turdus Solitarius (= Solitaire = Noctua). ==Etymology and History== ==Mythology== ==IAU Working Group Star Names== The brightest star of historical "Turdus Solitarius" was Sigma Librae, mag. 3.2, named Brachium by WGSN. It was suggested in 2023 to try naming another of its stars, if we can identify them reliably. The French "Solitaire" is an obvious name to use. The biological relative from the neighboring...")
• 12:40, 10 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU4.UD (Created page with "^mulGU₄.UD is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== var. readings and signs: mul / dGU4.UTU, mul/dGUD.UD, mul/dGU3.UD; = šiḫṭu, Sum(erian). lit. "Bull of the Sun," Akk. "Jump"; a common name for Mercury, fixing the peculiarities of its motion relative to the Sun [G. 79]. The Greek lexicographer Hesychius gives the Babylonian name for Mercury: Σεχέζ. τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστ...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:26, 6 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU4.ALIM (Created page with "^mulGIŠ.ERIN₂ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== Variant reading: ^mulGIŠ.RIN₂; = mulgišrinnu "Libra"; the constellation and sign of the zodiac Libra [G. 176]. See also e18ERIN2. ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''GU-text.''' (L) kal-lum ^mulgiš.erin₂ igi-u₂ "Front cup of Libra", udu.idim.sag.uš ša...")
• 12:57, 4 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU₂.MUR (Created page with "alt=photographs, composition|thumb|One lunation observed in central Europe (Austria/ Germany). Credits: Susanne M HoffmannAn Mesopotamian term for the Moon, occasionally written A.KU, an epithet of Sinus, god of the moon [G. 13; Litke 118, III 16; Tallqvist 250].       ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== An epithet of the Moon-god Nanna-Sin to be read ^dA.GI₇ = ''mâru r...") Tag: Visual edit
• 12:52, 4 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU₂.ḪAL (Created page with "GU2.ḪAL is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. __FORCETOC__ ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===  An epithet of the Moon-god Nanna-Sin to be read ^dA.GI₇ = ''mâru rubû'', ‘the Noble Son,’  with reference to the fact that the Moon-god is according to standard tradition the most important (first-born) son of Enlil, the traditional Sumerian-Akkadian king of the gods. This Sumerian name for the Moon-god also echo...")
• 12:30, 4 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU.LA (Created page with "^mulGU.LA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== = rabû "Great, Giant"; a constellation in Aquarius (Aquarius) [G. 81], see also g25GU. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''Lexic. texts.''' (1) Sumerian list from Nippur: ^mulgu.la [MSL XI, 107:389]. (2) Urra XXII series: ^mulgu.la = (pass) [MSL XI, 30:25a'], [^mulgu.la] = ra-bu-u₂ [...") Tag: Visual edit
• 09:54, 1 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU.AN.NA (Created page with "^mulGU.AN.NA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Variant of ^mulGU₄.AN.NA "Heavenly Bull", in which the standard GU₄ is replaced by GU; in the Neo-Assyrian report: ^[mul]dil-bat ina ^mulGU.AN.NA GUB-m[a] "Venus stands in the Heavenly Bull" [ARAK, 461:5]. ==Historical Dictionaries== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="width: 60%;" |Kurt...") Tag: Visual edit
• 09:43, 1 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GU (Created page with "^d''Ereš-ki-gal'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation Snake (mulMUŠ) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia".''' [^dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=^dṣal-bat-a-nu) "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110]. List of...")
• 09:41, 1 October 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page Gizzānītu (Created page with "''Gizzānītu'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== "Enraged Goat"(?) [Reynolds 1999]; the name of a celestial region (apparently identified apparently with sections of the Goat-Fish constellation) in the Babylonian calendar text BM 55466+ (duplicate BM 35188+), in which an astral interpretation of the battle between Marduk and Tiamat with Kingu, described in the poem Enuma elish, is given for the month o...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:28, 30 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIŠ.KUN (Created page with "^mulGIŠ.KUN is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== = rapaštu "Thigh"(?)1; 1) = ziqpu XXIII, a group of stars in the constellation Leo (Leo), 2) was among the "normal stars" (= θ Leonis) [AD I, 18; AHw, 955a; CAD R, 154a; G. 163, IV 4]. ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |          I. Sources.           List of ziqpu-stars. (1) AO 6478: a) 3 MA.NA ⅓ MA MIN(=šuqultu...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:15, 30 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIŠ.ERIN2 (Created page with "^dEN.MUL is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== "Lord of the star/stars"(?); together with ^dNIN.MUL forms a pair with the ancestors of Enlil in the divine genealogies [G. 325; Lambert 1975, 51; Tallqvist 1938, 304]. ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''Lists of the gods.''' (1) AN: ^dAnum series (I 100-101): ^dEn.mul / ^dNin.mul [Litke 1...")
• 10:13, 30 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIŠ.BAR (Created page with "^mulGIŠ.BAR is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== Var. ^dBIL.GI, ^dNE.GI, ^dGIBIL₆; = dGirru; the star of the fire god Girra: 1) = Mars, 2) = Mercury, 3) = star or constellation (?) [G. 95; Tallqvist 1938, 313-315]. ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''Prayers to the Gods of the Night.''' In the list of astral gods: na-wa-ru-um <sup>d<...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:03, 29 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIR3 (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:^dAMA.ME.TIL}} alt=photograph|thumb|Pleiades and Venus in the morning sky. (by Susanne M Hoffmann) Mesopotamian term ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== 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]. {| class="wikitable" | |- !Sources!!I...")
• 18:03, 28 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIR2.TAB (Created page with "^múlGIR₂ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Short for ^mulGIR₂.TAB "Scorpius"; in later astronomical and astrological texts, the zodiac sign Scorpius appears more often without the determinative [G. 91]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources !!Identifications |- |'''Mathematical Astronomy.''' See. [ACT 474b; LBAT, passim]; used in the lunar tablets dating back to th...")
• 18:03, 28 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIR2.AN.NA (Created page with "^mulGIR₂.AN.NA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Lit. "Heavenly sword", an epithet of Scorpius [G. 93]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''Spells from the Scorpion.''' mul.mul gir₂.an.na "the Star Cluster, the Heavenly Sword", ^mulgir₂.a[n.na] "the Hea[venly] Sword". [Van Dijk 1971, Nr. 10, VAT 8379:21, 133; Svyat.-Tetv. 1998, 2...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:55, 28 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIR2 (Created page with "^(mul)''Barbaru'', parallel to Sumerian constellation ^mulUR.BAR.RA. {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Barbaru''}} ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |Akkadian parallel to ^mulUR.BAR.RA "Wolf"; only in lexical texts [MSL XI, 31, Gap j:d; SpTU III, 114A v 34; Weidner 1959-60, 112, VAT 9430:28]; = star α Trianguli. See u18UR.BAR.RA. |Example |- | | |} ===Historic...")
• 17:53, 28 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GILIM.MA (Created page with "^mulGILIM.MA is an ancient Mesopotamain asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Var: ^mulGILIM; = gilimmu(?) "(Star) Destruction", according to another version, "A bunch of reeds"; epithet of Venus (?) [G. 84, 227]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''"Reports."''' DIŠ ^mulGILIM.MA ina ŠA₃ 30 GUB / AN.MI SU.BIR₄ GAR-an "If the (Star)-Destruction stands within t...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:07, 24 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIGIR (Created page with "^{mul giš}GIGIR is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Variant readings: mulLAGAB´BAD; = narkabtu "Chariot"; a constellation that includes stars in the northern part of Taurus (Taurus) and southern part of Perseus (Perseus) [G. 89; BPO 2, 12; CAD N/1, 353ff.] {| class="wikitable" |- !Sources!!Identifications |- |'''Lexic. texts.''' (1) Sumerian monolingual lists of stars: mul gišgigir [MSL XI, 10...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:40, 23 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIG (Created page with "^mulGIG is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== The name of Mars; only in Ḫg. B VI: ^mulgig = kakkab(MUL) šib-ṭi <nowiki><u> mūtāni(NAM.BAD)</nowiki>^meš = MIN(=^dṣal-[bat-a-nu]) "Star of Disease = Star of Plague and Death = Mars". [MSL XI, 40:38; Reynolds 1998, 349, 353]; partially parallel to: [^dṣal-bat-a-nu] a-na mu-ta-ni qa-bi "[Mars], so it i...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:36, 23 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GIBIL6 (Created page with "^mulGIBIL₆ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Var. readings: ^dBIL.GI, ^dNE.GI; = ^dGIŠ.BAR; = ^dGirru, fire god of Girru/Hirra; 1) star or constellation, 2) epithet of Mars, see also g13GIŠ.BAR. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Sources !Identifications |- |'''"Prayers to the Gods of the Night."''' Old Babylonian prayer: a) Erm. 15642: na-wa-ru-um <...") Tag: Visual edit
• 17:29, 23 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GI6 (Created page with "^mulGI₆ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== ===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== Var. readings: ^mulGIG₂, ^mulMI; = ṣalmu "dark star"; the name of Saturn and Mercury [G. 86].. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Sources !Identifications |- |'''Lexical texts.''' (1) Series Ḫg. B VI: ^mulgi₆ = AN^ṣa-al-meDUL₃ = MIN(=^dSAG.UŠ ^dUTU) "D...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:44, 21 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GI.GI (Created page with "^mul''Agru'' is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== === Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim === Akkadian parallel to ^mul ^lúḪUN.GA₂ "Hired Man," modern Aries; in lexical and several other texts, see (Kurtik h12) ^lúḪUN.GA₂. == Historical Dictionaries == {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="width: 60%;" | Kurtik (2022, a13) ! scope="col" style="width: 40%;" | Gössmann (195...")
• 10:34, 21 September 2024 DavidHilder talk contribs created page GENNA (Created page with "^{múl d}GENNA is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ==Dictionary== Var. reading: ^dTUR.DIŠ; = kayyamānu(m) "Constant"; designation of Saturn in astronomical texts of the first millennium B.C. [G. 69]. The name apparently comes from the Akkadian word, ginâ, "constantly, normally" [AHw. [AHw, 289; CAD G, 78], close in meaning to kayyamānu, and apparently reflects the slow motion of Saturn relative to the stars in comparison to other planets. In astro...") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:39, 20 September 2024 Sushoff talk contribs created page File:Mercator1551 all 300dpi.png
• 18:39, 20 September 2024 Sushoff talk contribs uploaded File:Mercator1551 all 300dpi.png