Burrum AN.NA

^mulBurru(m) AN.NA (the Sparkling Night-Sky of Heaven). A term that occurs just the one time in The Great Star List as a feature of PA.BIL.SAG in Sagittarius.  As written this must be taken as a Sumerian rendering of an Akkadian burrumū šamê; burrumū being a poetic name for the night sky (see MCG 226-227).  The Sumerian may be understood as something like, ‘the sparkling night sky of heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general.  The identification as part of the constellation Pabilsag gives another idea about the original intent of the Sumerian term.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

^mulBurrum AN.NA = "Sparkling sky"(?), lit. "The variegated (multicolored) sky"; part of the constellation PA.BIL.SAG(?).

Sources	Identifications
Only in the "Great Star List": mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) "Sparkle of the sky = Sparkle of Pabilsag" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959-60, 107].	Example

See PA.BIL.SAG.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022)	Gössmann (1950)
= «Сверкание неба»(?), букв. «Пестрое (разноцветное) небо»; часть созвездия PA.BIL.SAG(?). Только в «Большом списке звезд»: mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) «Сверкание неба = Блеск Пабилсага» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959–60, 107].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references