BURRUM AN.NA
mulBURRUM AN.NA (𒀯𒁓𒊒𒌝𒀭𒈾), "the Sparkling Night-Sky of Heaven". A pseudo-Sumerian term that occurs just the one time in The Great Star List as a feature of PA.BIL.SAG in Sagittarius. As written this must be taken as a Sumerian rendering of an Akkadian burrumū šamê; burrumū being a poetic name for the night sky (see MCG[1] 226-227). The original intent of the Sumerian may be understood as something like, ‘the sparkling night sky of heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general or to the brightest clouds of the Milky Way in Sagittarius.
Concordance, Etymology, History[2]
mulBurrum AN.NA = "Sparkling sky"(?), lit. "The variegated (multicolored) sky"; part of the constellation PA.BIL.SAG(?).
| Sources | Identifications |
|---|---|
| "The Great Star List."
mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) "Sparkle of the sky = Sparkle of Pabilsag" [Mesop.Astrol.[3], App. B:144; Weidner 1959-60[4], 107].||Example |
See (Kurtik p03) PA.BIL.SAG.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, b13) | Gössmann (1950) |
|---|---|
| = «Сверкание неба»(?), букв. «Пестрое (разноцветное) небо»; часть созвездия PA.BIL.SAG(?). Только в «Большом списке звезд»: mulbur-ru-um an.na = min(= me-šiḫ dpa.bil.sag) «Сверкание неба = Блеск Пабилсага» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:144; Weidner 1959–60, 107]. | Example |
References
- ↑ Horowitz W. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake, 1998 (Mesopotamian Civilisation, 8).
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Koch-Westenholz U. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.
- ↑ Weidner E. Ein astrologischer Sammeltext aus der Sargonidenzeit // AfO. 1959-1960. Bd. 19. S. 105-113.
