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Sushoff at 14:20, 10 June 2026

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	[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT (sign no. 352)]]		[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976</ref> (sign no. 352)]]

	Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega in Lyra and Antares in Scorpius rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). The two suggested areas of identification are on opposite sides of the local horizon. ]]		Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega in Lyra and Antares in Scorpius rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). The two suggested areas of identification are on opposite sides of the local horizon. ]]

Sushoff at 09:55, 10 June 2026

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	[[File:Balag on Standard of Ur.jpg\|thumb\|The Balag, music instrument, on the Standard of Ur.]]		[[File:Balag on Standard of Ur.jpg\|thumb\|The Balag, music instrument, on the [[wikipedia:Standard_of_Ur\|Standard of Ur]] (CC0).]]
	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’

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	[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT (sign no. 352)]]		[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT (sign no. 352)]]

	Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega and Antares rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). ~~Antares rises prior to Vega. This effect is stronger in~~ the ~~3rd millennium~~. ]]		Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega in Lyra and Antares in Scorpius rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). The two suggested areas of identification are on opposite sides of the local horizon. ]]
	'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp) whose appearance finds visual expression in the cuneiform sign for its name. In later periods, the name was re-used for a cultic drum.		'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp) whose appearance finds visual expression in the cuneiform sign for its name. In later periods, the name was re-used for a cultic drum.

Sushoff at 09:49, 10 June 2026

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	[[File:Balag on Standard of Ur.jpg\|thumb\|The Balag, music instrument, on the Standard of Ur.]]		[[File:Balag on Standard of Ur.jpg\|thumb\|The Balag, music instrument, on the Standard of Ur.]]
	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019.		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’

			'''Identification:''' Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star list; it rather suggests a position of the Balag asterism in the area of [[Libra]]/[[Hydra]]/[[Lupus]] which is between the Sumerian Scorpion [[GIR2.TAB\|GIR2.TAB, ''zuqaqīpu'']] and Snake/ Serpent [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul (d)</sup>MUŠ]]. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument, see Gabbay 2019.

	==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 09:43, 10 June 2026

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	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019. ~~[[put in new picture, match below to new teaser, pcorrect below???????~~		[[File:Balag on Standard of Ur.jpg\|thumb\|The Balag, music instrument, on the Standard of Ur.]]
			<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019.

	==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>==
			[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT (sign no. 352)]]

	Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega and Antares rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). Antares rises prior to Vega. This effect is stronger in the 3rd millennium. ]]		Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega and Antares rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). Antares rises prior to Vega. This effect is stronger in the 3rd millennium. ]]
	'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp) whose appearance finds visual expression in the cuneiform sign for its name. In later periods, the name was re-used for a cultic drum.		'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp) whose appearance finds visual expression in the cuneiform sign for its name. In later periods, the name was re-used for a cultic drum.

WayneHorowitz at 12:14, 3 June 2026

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	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. ~~<s>With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was.</s>~~ It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019. [[put in new picture, match below to new teaser, pcorrect below???????		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019. [[put in new picture, match below to new teaser, pcorrect below???????

	==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>==

WayneHorowitz at 11:00, 1 June 2026

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	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list.		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. <s>With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was.</s> It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag (harp, lyre) was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list. For the Sumerian balag musical instrument see Gabbay 2019. [[put in new picture, match below to new teaser, pcorrect below???????

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WayneHorowitz: I don't understand why there is picture of Vega and Antares with the Balag entry - I would prefer a photo of a Sumerian 'balag' from the Royal Cemetar of Ur and the balag-sign.

2026-05-04T10:08:12Z

I don't understand why there is picture of Vega and Antares with the Balag entry - I would prefer a photo of a Sumerian 'balag' from the Royal Cemetar of Ur and the balag-sign.

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	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the ~~two~~ entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list.		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list.

	==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>==

WayneHorowitz at 10:17, 10 April 2026

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	<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the two entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’		<sup>mul</sup>BALAG (𒀯𒁆) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism. With unclear identification, it is not certain what type of asterism (likely a constellation) it was. It occurs only once around 1700 BCE, in the lexical list known as the Old Babylonian Nippur forerunner to Urra XXII (MSL XI<ref>''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.</ref> 108: 404, Horowitz 2005: 166) inserted between the two entries for ‘The Snake’ and ‘The Scorpion.’ Given that the Sumerian balag was a string instrument an identification with classical Lyra is suspected, but not provable on the basis of the single attested entry in the star-list.

	==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>==
	Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega and Antares rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). Antares rises prior to Vega. This effect is stronger in the 3rd millennium. ]]		Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega and Antares rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). Antares rises prior to Vega. This effect is stronger in the 3rd millennium. ]]
	'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp). ~~Later~~ re-used ~~as a name~~ for a cultic drum.		'''General Meaning:''' Sumerian balag, originally a string instrument used in the cult (a lyre or harp) whose appearance finds visual expression in the cuneiform sign for its name. In later periods, the name was re-used for a cultic drum.

	'''Astronomy'''. The name occurs only once in an exemplar of the Nippur 'forerunner' to Urra XXI (Horowitz 2005: 169). This appears to refer to a constellation since in the list of star names before and after it come the names of constellations. Still, the identification is unclear.		'''Astronomy'''. The name occurs only once in an exemplar of the Nippur 'forerunner' to Urra XXI (Horowitz 2005: 169). This appears to refer to a constellation since in the list of star names before and after it come the names of constellations. Still, the identification is unclear.

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	[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT (sign no. 352)]]		[[File:Balaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.jpg\|thumb\|sign-form of Balag given for the third millennium in LABAT<ref>''Labat R''. Manuel d’épigraphie akkadienne. Paris, 1976</ref> (sign no. 352)]]

	Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega in Lyra and Antares in Scorpius rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). The two suggested areas of identification are on opposite sides of the local horizon. ]]		Kurtik mentions [Gössmann 1950,<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 3] "<sup>mul</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>.BIR<sub>3</sub><sup>(?)</sup>" but this may not exist - maybe. [[File:Vega+Antares 1250BCE.jpg\|alt=Stellarium map\|thumb\|The two bright stars Vega in Lyra and Antares in Scorpius rising over Babylon 1250 BCE (Stellarium). The two suggested areas of identification are on opposite sides of the local horizon. ]]