KAK.TAG.GA

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Mesopotamian constellations BAN (Bow) in KAK.SI.SA (Arrow) Stellarium, painting by Jessica Gullberg (2021).

mulKAK.TAG.GA (𒀯𒆕𒋳𒂵) = šiltāḫu “Arrow” is a Sumerian synonym of names mulkak.si.sa2 and mulkak.pan for Canis Major and Sirius (α Canis Major) that is used in 'The Hilprecht Text.' A similar writing mulKAK.U2.TAG.GA (𒀯𒆕𒌑𒋳𒂵) is found in the Emar star-list.

Dictionary

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

Variant:

  • mulKAK.U2.TAG.GA (𒀯𒆕𒌑𒋳𒂵);
  • = šiltāḫu “Arrow”; = Sirius and nearby stars [BPO 2[1], 12; Gössmann[2] 211bis; CAD[3] Š/2, 448–451].
Sources Identifications
Lexical texts.
  • (1) Urra XXII series: mulkak.u2.tag.ga = ši-il-ta-ḫu (var.: ši-il-<ta>-ḫu) [Emar VI/4[4], 151:169].
  • (2) The Ḫg series. B. VI: [mu]lkak.si.sa2 = šu-ku-du = šil-ta-ḫu [MSL XI[5], 41:46].
  • (3) Lexical identity in astrological commentaries: šil-ta-ḫu = dUDU.IDIM.dGU4.UD = ulA2mušen "Arrow = Mercury = Eagle" [SpTU I[6], 84:10].
  • Both not giving u2.TAG.GA should be listed only under shiltahu
HS 245 (The Hilprecht Text).
  • HS 245 mulkak.tag.ga.

The Neo-Assyrian parallels:

  • Sm. 1113 ([mulKAK.S]I.SA2,
  • Sm. 162 [mu]l/'d'šil-ta-ḫu, dšil-ta-ḫi [Horowitz 2014[7]: 232].
Procedural astronomical text BM 36712 - this should only be under shiltahu - with reference to Ossendrijver 518 and Horowitz 2014: 238Delete from here
  • ta mul šil-taḫ innamru(igi) en tāmarti(igi.du8.a)-šu2 ša2 a-na mu.˹an.na˺ [...] "From the rising of the Arrow to its (first) visibility in the (next?) year [...]" [Ossendrijver ???????

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022) Gössmann (1950)
вар.: mulKAK.TAG.GA; = šiltāḫu «Стрела»; = Сириус и близлежащие звезды» [BPO 2, 12; G. 211bis; CAD Š/2, 448–451].

I. Источники.

Лексич. тексты. (1) Серия Urra XXII: mulkak.u2.tag.ga = ši-il-ta-ḫu (вар.: ši-il-<ta>-ḫu) [Emar VI/4, 151:169]. (2) Cерия Ḫg. B. VI: [mu]lkak.si.sa2 = šu-ku-du = šil-ta-ḫu [MSL XI, 41:46]. (3) Лексическое тождество в астрологических комментариях: šil-ta-ḫu = dUDU.IDIM.dGU4.UD = ulA2mušen «Стрела = Меркурий = Орел» [SpTU I, 84:10]. Текст HS 245 (The Hilprecht Text). См. a33AN.TA.GUB; в новоассирийской параллели Sm. 1113:7′ — dšil-ta-ḫi, в Sm. 162 rev. 1, 5 — […mu]l!šil-ta-ḫu, dšil-ta-ḫi, […mulkak.s]i.sa2 [Horowitz 1993, 151, 154]. Процедурный астрономический текст BM 36712. ta mul šil-taḫ innamru(igi) en tāmarti(igi.du8.a)-šu2 ša2 a-na mu.˹an.na˺ […] «От восхода Стрелы до ее (первой) видимости в (следующем?) году […]» [Sachs–Neugebauer 1956, 132:4'], см. также [CAD Š/2, 451b].

Example

References

  1. ↑ Reiner E., Pingree D. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).
  2. ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  3. ↑ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...
  4. ↑ D. Arnaud. Texte de la bibliothèque, transcriptions et traductions, 1987. (= Emar 6/4).
  5. ↑ Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XI. The Series HAR-ra = hubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Ed. by E.Reiner with the coll. of M.Civil. Roma, 1974.
  6. ↑ Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk. Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.
  7. ↑ Horowitz, W. (2014), The three stars each: the Astrolabes and related texts, Archiv für Orientforschung AfO Beiheft, 33.
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