BAL.TEŠ2.A - Revision history

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 [[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg|alt=Stellarium map|thumb|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism described as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]
 (MUL.)BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀯𒁄𒌨𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the area of [[Corona Borealis]].  This asterism is listed among <u>female</u> asterisms identified with the wife of Marduk in a prayer before dawn on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year’s Festival and as a palace goddess in lists of other female astral deities in the theological work KAR 142 iv 7 (Pongratz-Leisten<ref name=":0" /> 224), and parallels.  A name for the circle consisting of 9 stars in this asterism is [[GAM-ti]] = ''kippatum'' 'circle.'
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Sources and Identification(s)

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	* (1) The stars of Enlil ~~(no. 14)~~:		* (1) The stars of Enlil:
	** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>		** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>
	** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).		** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).

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	[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism described as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]		[[File:Dignity stellarium.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|Mesopotamian constellation Dignity, an asterism described as circular or as a hook, and symbol of (divine) dignity. (map in Stellarium, painting: Jessica Gullberg 2021).]]
	(MUL.)BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀯𒁄𒌨𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the area of [[Corona Borealis]]. This asterism is listed among <u>female</u> asterisms identified with the wife of Marduk in a prayer before dawn on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year’s Festival and as a palace goddess in lists of other female astral deities in the theological work KAR 142 iv 7 (Pongratz-Leisten<ref name=":0" /> 224), and parallels.		(MUL.)BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A (𒀯𒁄𒌨𒀀) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the area of [[Corona Borealis]]. This asterism is listed among <u>female</u> asterisms identified with the wife of Marduk in a prayer before dawn on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year’s Festival and as a palace goddess in lists of other female astral deities in the theological work KAR 142 iv 7 (Pongratz-Leisten<ref name=":0" /> 224), and parallels. A name for the circle consisting of 9 stars in this asterism is [[GAM-ti]] = ''kippatum'' 'circle.'
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

Sushoff at 18:16, 9 May 2026

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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".'''
	* List of names of Mars: <sup>mul</sup>bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = <sup>d</sup>min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'') "Balteša = Mars". [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:104].		* List of names of Mars:
			** <sup>mul</sup>bal.teš<sub>2</sub>.a = <sup>d</sup>min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')
			** "Balteša = Mars". [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:104].
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Sushoff: /* Concordance, Etymology, History[2] */

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Concordance, Etymology, History[2]

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>Var. readings:		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>'''Var. readings:'''
	* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];		* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];
	* ''kakkab balti(m)''		* ''kakkab balti(m)''

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Identification.

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	The comparison of <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A with ''kippatu'' "circle, ring", allows and suggests that the symbol of the constellation <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A was a ring-shaped object correspondingly located upon the modern Corona Borealis (?).		The comparison of <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A with ''kippatu'' "circle, ring", allows and suggests that the symbol of the constellation <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A was a ring-shaped object correspondingly located upon the modern Corona Borealis (?).

	==== Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification. ====
	= Corona Borealis, especially in [[Alphecca]] (Gemma) [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44];		= Corona Borealis, especially in [[Alphecca]] (Gemma) [Gössmann 1950<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44];

Sushoff at 18:08, 9 May 2026

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>(mul)</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A}}
	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
	Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A ~~(EN 15r)~~.</blockquote>Var. readings:		Hoffmann and Krebernik (2023)<ref name=":1">Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579</ref> note on BAL.TÉŠ.A = ''bāltu'' < ''bāštu'' “dignity”: <blockquote>The spelling can be analysed as TÉŠ.A = ''bāš/ltu'' with the preceding BAL functioning as a phonetic indicator (<sup>bal</sup>TÉŠ.A). <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TÉŠ.A.</blockquote>Var. readings:
	* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];		* MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A; = ''kakkab bālti'' "Asterism of Dignity". [AHw<ref>''Soden von W''. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.</ref>, 112; Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 44; Labat<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976.</ref> 1976, 45];
	* ''kakkab balti(m)''		* ''kakkab balti(m)''
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	** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>		** MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub> GUB-''zu'' <sup>mul</sup>BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A SUKKAL <sup>d</sup>MUŠ<sub>2</sub>
	** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).		** "The star which stands behind it: the Star of Dignity, the minister of Tišpak" (I i 14).
			** counting:<ref name=":1" /> Enlil 15 right (EN 15r)
	* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A		* (2) The list of ''ziqpu''-stars: MUL.BAL.TEŠ<sub>2</sub>.A
	** "the Star of Dignity, the Standing Gods, the Dog" (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].		** "the Star of Dignity, the Standing Gods, the Dog" (I iv 4) [Hunger and Steele 2019,<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> 22, 58].