LA.KU.DU

^dLA.KU.DU (𒀭𒆷𒆪𒁺) is a name for Mercury that is preserved one time only—in the ṣâtu-commentary to Enuma Anu Enlil K. 4166+4366+9652. Given that the term is at present a hapax legomena it is not possible to determine if the name is to be interpreted as Sumerian or Akkadian.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Name of Mercury; identity: ^dLA.KU.DU = ^dUDU.IDIM.GU₄.UD, ^dLA.KU.DU = Mercury with further commentary following -- only in K4166+ i 21 (CDLI P395431). The fragment K4366 was previously published as AfO 14 pl. VII and II R 39 with some discussion of p. 310 (Weidner, AfO 14 (1941-44) 308-316.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, L02)	Gössmann (1950)
название Меркурия; тождество: dLA.KU.DU = dUDU.IDIM.GU4.UD "Лакуду = Меркурий" только в [II R 39, 5:59e].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references