Niraḫ

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Niraḫ
Leo and Virgo above the MUŠ-Dragon, two claytablet drawings from the Seleucid era (roughly 2nd century BCE), CC BY SMH based upon the drawings by E. Weidner (1967) and Thureau-Dangin (1922).

(d)Niraḫ is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Dictionary

Krebernik (2023)

The snake god. The reading of the star name is confirmed by SpTU III nr. 114 iv 111 (Hh XII): MUL dMUŠ = Ni-ra-ḫu. MUL dMUŠ (AN 13l).

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

A serpentine deity identified with mul dmuš in a late copy of Urra XXII; see m43dMUŠ.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, n44) Gössmann (1950)
змеевидное божество, отождествляемое с mul dmuš в поздней копии Urra XXII; см. m43dMUŠ. Example

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