NIN.SAR

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mul / dNIN.SAR is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Dictionary

Krebernik (2023)

Goddess (but in late texts also a male deity), “butcher” of Enlil’s palace Ekur, wife of Erragal. The name should be be read dNin-nisig, see RlA s.v. dNin-SAR (EN 25–26r).

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Var. reading: dNin.SAR, dnin.mu2; deity (goddess?), in astronomical texts usually recorded in pair with Erragal; identified with the star in the constellation Lyrae (ε Lyrae) [Litke 1998, 60; MA, 126; Tallqvist 1938, 402; G. 326], see e21dErragal.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022) Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: dNin.SAR, dnin.mu2; божество (богиня?), в астрономических текстах записывается обычно в паре с Эррагаль; отождествляется со звездой в созвездии Лира (ε Lyrae) [Litke  1998, 60; MA, 126; Tallqvist 1938, 402; G. 326], см. e21dErragal Example

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