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U4.ZAL.LE


(MUL) U4.ZAL.LE (𒀯𒌓𒉌𒇷) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

= kakkab namāri, lit. "Star of radiance," "Star of the morning"; the name of Venus as the morning star [Gössmann[1] 143].

Sources Identifications
Lexical texts.
  • (1) Unilingual Sumerian lists of stars: m[u]l.u4.zal?!.le.ta.ga2 [Emar VI/4[2], 154:120].
  • (2) Urra XXII series: mul.u4.zil.la2 = mul.ni-iṣ!-ra-pa [x] [Emar VI/4[2], 151:184], mul.u4.zal.le = kab-kab na-ma-ri "Star of the morning" [MSL XI[3], 31, Section 11, col. v 8], mul.u4.zal.le = kak-kab na-ma-ri [CT[4] 18, 49 ii 7; CT[4] 19, 33, Text 80-7-19,307:9], mul.u4.[zal].la = kak-ka-bi na-ma-ri [SpTU III, 114A v 66; Bloch-Horowitz 2015, 112:326ʹ].
  • (3) Series Aa (II/6:31): mu-ulmul = na-ma-rum [MSL XIV[5], 291].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, u02) Gössmann (1950)
= kakkab namāri, букв. «Звезда сияния», «Звезда утра»; название Венеры как утренней звезды [G. 143].

I. Источники.

Лексич. тексты. (1) Одноязычные шумерские списки звезд: m[u]l.u4.zal?!.le.ta.ga2 [Emar VI/4, 154:120]. (2) Серия Urra XXII: mul.u4.zil.la2 = mul.ni-iṣ!-ra-pa [x] [Emar VI/4, 151:184],  mul.u4.zal.le = kab-kab na-ma-ri «Звезда утра» [MSL XI, 31, Section 11, col. v 8], mul.u4.zal.le = kak-kab na-ma-ri [CT 18, 49 ii 7; CT 19, 33, Text 80-7-19,307:9], mul.u4.[zal].la = kak-ka-bi na-ma-ri [SpTU III, 114A v 66; Bloch–Horowitz 2015, 112:326ʹ]. (3) Серия Aa (II/6:31): mu-ulmul = na-ma-rum  [MSL XIV, 291].

Example

References

  1. Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
  2. 2.0 2.1 D. Arnaud. Texte de la bibliothèque, transcriptions et traductions, 1987. (= Emar 6/4).
  3. 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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
  5. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon. Vol. XIV. Ea A = nâqu, Aa A = nâqu with their Forerunners and Related Texts. Ed. by M.Civil and W.G.Lambert. Roma, 1979.