ALAM

Mesopotamian term for in connection with the Sun and Venus, basically referring to their associated deities.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Variant reading:

• 1) an epithet of the sun god Šamaš;
• 2) epithet of Ishtar like the planets of Venus [G. 216; Tallqvist 1938, 341].

Sources	Identifications
Lexical texts. (1) Series Antagal (Tabl. G 304): d kaš-še-bi 2´ UDU?.LUGAL = dUTU [CT 19, K.4386 rev. iv 52; MSL XVII, 229:304]; it is possible that the reading here should be ALAM instead of 2´UDU?.LUGAL. (2) Series AN:dAnum (III 109, IV 177): a) d (BI.še.ba)ALAM = dUD, b) dALAM = min(= Iš8-tar2 mul.<meš>) "dALAM = Goddess of the Stars" [Litke 1998, 129:109 + note; 161:177].           Inscriptions on the Kassite seal: mulAlan sir2.gal / ḫe2.du7 utaḫ šen.na "Star Alan, the great light, the decoration of the pure sky" [Limet 1971, 76; PSD A/3, 163].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references