MA2.DIRI.GA

^{mul giš}MA₂.DIRI.GA (𒀯𒄑𒈣𒋛𒀀𒂵) = nēberu, 'the Ferry-Boat.' For this as a possible name for Mercury and so a precursor to the use of nēberu for Marduk's star in Enuma Elish see Horowitz Astrolabes 23.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

= nēberu "Ferry (Boat, Crossing)." [AHw, 774a; CAD N/2, 145b].

I. Sources

In the Old Babylonian list:

• ^{mul giš}ma₂.diri.ga ^den.ki gub.ba.me.eš "They (the priests?) stood up (before) Enki's Ferry" [CT 42, 6 iii 21; Falkenstein 1963, 33], see also (Kurtik m01) MA₂.GUR₈.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m02)	Gössmann (1950)
= nēberu «Паром (Лодка, Переправа)» [AHw, 774a; CAD N/2, 145b]. I. Источники. В старовавилонском списке: mul gišma2.diri.ga den.ki gub.ba.me.eš «(Перед) Паромом Энки они (жрецы?) встали» [CT 42, 6 iii 21; Falkenstein 1963, 33], cм. также m01.	Example

References

• Kurtik's references