E.TA.NAM.AN
dE.TA.NAM.AN (𒀭𒂊𒋫𒉆𒀭) is a divine-name that is listed as a name for the astronomical manifestation of Inanna = Ištar, the goddess associated with the planet Venus.
Visibility and Appearance
Images of Venus (Naked Eye Appearance)
Venus above Sahara (Nov. 2005, Susanne M Hoffmann)
Venus above campfire (Sahara 2008, SMH)
Moon and Venus in morning twilight above Austrian mountains (CC BY Susanne M Hoffmann 2016).
Venus and Pleiades above a mountain at Dawn in Europe (SMH 2020)
Venus above the rocks at Petra, Jordan (SMH 2023), it's already rather dark (not really dusk any more).
Venus above the Gate to the Shaolin Temple (China 2024, SMH)
Venus and Moon at Dusk (Europe, SMH 2025)
Saturn, Venus and Moon at Dusk (SMH 2025)
Moon and Venus in tropical dusk in Indonesia (Karimunjawa, SMH 2024).
Moon and Venus at Dusk (SMH 2025).
Venus and Moon at Dusk, 2025 (SMH)
Venus above houses, evening star, (SMH 2025)
Venus and Pleiades at Dusk in Europe (SMH 2020), for comparison of brightness
Concordance, Etymology, History
Variant readings and signs:
- dE.TA.NA7.AN, dA.TA.NAM.AN; = "not to be hostile"(?); epithet of Venus [Gössmann 129; Tallqvist 1938[1], 287; Litke 1998[2], 161].
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Lists of the gods.
- dE.ta.nam.an = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) "Etanaman = Ištar of the stars" [CT[3] 25, 31:14]. See also dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998[2], 161:183 + note].
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, e03) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| вар. чтения и обозначения: dE.TA.NA7.AN, dA.TA.NAM.AN; = «быть не враждебным»(?); эпитет Венеры [G. 129; Tallqvist 1938, 287; Litke 1998, 161].
I. Источники. Списки богов. dE.ta.nam.an = min(= dIš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) «Этанаман = Богиня звезд» [CT 25, 31:14]. См. также dA.˹ta˺.nam.an [Litke 1998, 161:183 + note]. |
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References
- ↑ Tallqvist K. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Litke R.L. A Reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian God-Lists, AN:dA-nu-um and AN:Anu ša2 amēli. New Haven, 1998 (Texts from the Babylonian Collection, Vol. 3).
- ↑ Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
