MAR.TU

^{mul / d}MAR.TU (𒀯𒈥𒌅) = Akkadian Amurru, the asterism of the deity of this name in the constellation Perseus. The god Martu = Amurru is the titular god of the Amorites, as in the Sumerian literary work the Marriage of Martu which explains how the Amorite deity married into the Sumerian-Akkadian divine royal family, i.e. the Mesopotamian pantheon (https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr171.htm). The Amorites are western Semites who arrived in Mesopotamia from the west, the direction 'west' and west wind ^imMAR.TU = Amurru, i.e. the Amorites are 'westerners' in Sumerian-Akkadian parlance. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in anyway connected to the sense of the star ^mulMAR.TU = Amurru as a more western/westerly star than any other in the sky. The sign TU can also be read DU₂, with the divine name then read Mardu.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Var. reading:

• ^mulMAR.DU₂;
• = ^mulamurru,
• Martu, Amurru"; a constellation or star in Perseus [G. 261].

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Sources	Identifications
Lexical texts. Urra XXII series: mulmar.tu = a-mur!-t[a] A / a-mur-ru B [Emar VI/4, 151:176], [mul]mar.tu = a-mur-[ru] [MSL XI, 31, Section 10:11], mulmar.tu = [a]-mur-ru [Cavigneaux 1981, 79.B.1 / 5 iv 6], mulma[r].t[u] = [...] [SpTU III, 114A v 26], mulmar.du2 = a-mur-ru [Bloch-Horowitz 2015, 106:282ʹ].	Example
Hittite Prayer to the Gods of the Night. mulMAR.TU [KUB IV, 47 r. 46; BPO 2, 2:17; Van der Toorn 1985, 130:46].	Example
"Three Stars Each (Astroabes)." Astrolabe B. List (12´3): mulšu.gi / dEn-me-šar2-ra dmar.tu "Old Man = Enmesharra = Martu/Amurru" (B ii 13-14), see also (Kurtik sh16) ŠU.GI.
EAE. DIŠ mulMAR.TU (glossa: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)... "If Martu/Amurru Asterism-West emits mišḫu..." [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7-8], parallel [ibid., 63:11].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, m10)	Gössmann (1950)
вар. чтения: mulMAR.DU2; = mulamurru, «Звезда-Запад», «Звезда Амурру»; созвездие или звезда в Персее (Perseus) [G. 261].	Example
I. Источники. Лексич. тексты. Серия Urra XXII: mulmar.tu = a-mur!-t[a] A / a-mur-ru B [Emar VI/4, 151:176], [mul]mar.tu = a-mur-[ru] [MSL XI, 31, Section 10:11], mulmar.tu = [a]-mur-ru [Cavigneaux 1981, 79.B.1 / 5 iv 6], mulma[r].t[u] = […] [SpTU III, 114A v 26], mulmar.du2 = a-mur-ru [Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 106:282ʹ]. Хеттская молитва ночным богам. mulMAR.TU [KUB IV, 47 r. 46; BPO 2, 2:17; Van der Toorn 1985, 130:46]. «Астролябии». Astrolabe B. Cписок (12´3): mulšu.gi / dEn-me-šar2-ra dmar.tu «Старик = Энмешарра = божество-Запад» (B ii 13–14), см. также sh16ŠU.GI. EAE. DIŠ mulMAR.TU (глосса: mu-lu a-mur-ru) MIN(= meš-ḫa im-šuḫ)… «Если Звезда-Запад испустила mišḫu…» [ACh Suppl. 2, 64 ii 7–8], параллель [ibid., 63:11].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references