KASKAL.UTU

^mulKASKAL.UTU (𒀯𒆜𒌓) = harran šamaš, "(the star of) The Path of the Sun".

The Path of the Sun crosses into the three stellar paths of Anu, Enlil, and Ea in an obscure passage in Enuma Anu Enlil, and is more narrowly defined in MUL.APIN II i 1-6 as where the Sun goes along the Path of the Moon - which the other five ancient planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) move along. Thus, The Path of the Sun, in modern astronomical terms, is the ecliptic (Horowitz 2011: 255-258, and see the commentary from Enuma Anu Enlil quoted below). In the Gilgamesh Epic, Gilgamesh travels along a Path of the Sun leading from Mount Mašu (the Twin) through a region of darkness to a grove of jewel-bearing trees (George 2003: 670-675, Horowitz 2011: 98-102). For a syllabic rendering of the Akkadian with the name of the Sun in status absolutus see SAA 8 49 rev. 4: har-ra-na ^dša₂-maš.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Lit. "(Star) of the Path (or in the Path) of the Sun"; examples are available for Jupiter and Saturn, but ultimately could include any asterism in the ecliptic, particular the other planets.

Sources	Identifications
EAE. mulé.tur.ra dím.ma.an.na ┌du11.ga┐a-na nap-har šamê DÍM: na[p-ha-ru ...] a-na bi-nu-ut šamê i-qab-bi, KASKAL (harrān) še-pi-it TÙR (tarbaṣi) šu-ut dDIŠ harrān dUTU m[išil] T[ÙR] šu-ut dA-nu harrān dUTU SAG É.TÙR šu-u[t dEn-líl ... "The astral cattle pen is for all of heaven/sky, it says:, DÍM means to[tality ...] for the creatures of heaven/sky, it says ... The Path of the Sun at the foot of the cattle pen belongs to Ea. The Path of the Sun in the m[iddle of the ca]ttle pen belongs to Anu. The Path of the Sun at the head of the cattle pen belon[gs to Enlil..." [K. 4292 rev. 16-17 (collated, BPO 2 42 III 24b, Horowitz 2014: 11-12). See also ACh Suppl., 49:9, 50:28, 55:27; Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 18′, 23′, 28′.
"Reports." See. SAA 8 49 r. 4-6 [ARAK, 49].
Late astrology. See. [SpTU I, 84:16], see (Kurtik g12) GI6.

Additional

II. Identifications.

         (1) = Jupiter; see (Kurtik u11) UGA, VI 14, (Kurtik u31) UZ₃, VI 1.

         (2) = Saturn; see (Kurtik a43) APIN, VI 7, (Kurtik u11) UGA, VI 14.

KASKAL ^dUTU as a landmark determining the position of the planets in the sky, see MUL.APIN II i 50 ff. [MA, 83-84].

See also (Kurtik u11) UGA^mušen, I.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022)

Gössmann (1950)

букв. «(Звезда) пути (или на пути) Солнца»; название Юпитера или Сатурна. I. Источники. EAE. См. [ACh Suppl., 49:9, 50:28, 55:27; Borger 1973, LB 1321 r. 18′, 23′, 28′]. «Рапорты». См. [ARAK, 49 r. 4–6]. Поздняя астрология. См. [SpTU I, 84:16], см. g12GI6. II. Отождествления. (1)  = Юпитер; см. u11UGA, VI 14, u31UZ3, VI 1. (2)  = Сатурн; см. a43APIN, VI 7, u11UGA, VI 14. KASKAL dUTU как ориентир, определяющий положение планет на небе, см. MUL.APIN II i 51 ff. [MA, 83–84]. См. также u11UGAmušen, I.

Example

References

• Kurtik's references