Erra - Revision history

HermannHunger at 18:15, 5 June 2026

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	[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]		[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the ~~Underworld~~, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian ~~asterisms~~ in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the Great Star List.		<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the Netherworld, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian asterism in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the Great 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>==
	= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";		= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";
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	\|I i 16,17		\|I i 16,17
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	\|asterism by the shaft of <sup>STAR</sup>''EREQQU'' : <sup>STAR</sup>ŠĒLEBU(Fox)		\|asterism by the shaft of <sup>STAR</sup>''EREQQU'' : <sup>STAR</sup>''ŠĒLEBU''(Fox)
	\|<sup>GOD</sup>Erra, the strong of the gods		\|<sup>GOD</sup>Erra, the strong of the gods
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	\|'''MUL.APIN.'''		\|'''MUL.APIN.'''

	* The stars of Enlil ~~(no. 16, 17)~~:		* The stars of Enlil:
	** DIŠ MUL ''ša'' KI ''za-ri-i ša'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA GUB-''zu''		** DIŠ MUL ''ša'' KI ''za-ri-i ša'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA GUB-''zu''
	*** The asterism which stands in the shaft of the Wagon.		*** The asterism which stands in the shaft of the Wagon (I i 16);
	** <sup>mul</sup>KA<sub>5</sub>.A <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra gaš-ri'' DINGIR<sup>meš</sup>		** <sup>mul</sup>KA<sub>5</sub>.A <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra gaš-ri'' DINGIR<sup>meš</sup>
	*** "the Fox, Erra, strong one of the gods" (I i 17) [MA, 23].		*** "the Fox, Erra, strong one of the gods" (I i 17) [MA, 23].

Sushoff at 15:22, 3 June 2026

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	===Additional===		===Additional===

	==== ~~II.~~ Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification(s). ====
	As a constellation:		As a constellation:

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	As planet Mars, see below.		As planet Mars, see below.

	==== ~~III.~~ Astrology. ====		==== Astrology. ====
	(1) Pleiades and Erra (= Mars?);		(1) Pleiades and Erra (= Mars?);

WayneHorowitz at 12:29, 3 June 2026

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	* b) ''kak-kab'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra um-mu-lu ša-ru-ri i-na-aš''<sub>2</sub>-''ši''		* b) ''kak-kab'' <sup>d</sup>''Er''<sub>3</sub>-''ra um-mu-lu ša-ru-ri i-na-aš''<sub>2</sub>-''ši''
	** "Erra's star sparkles and carries radiance." [Al-Rawi and Black 1989, 118:10′]. See also [Kurtik 2019, note 34].		** "Erra's star sparkles and carries radiance." [Al-Rawi and Black 1989, 118:10′]. See also [Kurtik 2019, note 34].
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	~~\|'''<s>Great Star List, 92'</s>'''~~
	* <s>... [Horowitz and Fincke, forthcoming]</s>
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WayneHorowitz at 03:46, 31 May 2026

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	[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]		[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the Underworld, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian asterisms in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the ~~GSL~~.		<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the Underworld, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian asterisms in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the Great 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>==
	= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";		= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";
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	\|'''Great Star List, 92''''		\|'''<s>Great Star List, 92'</s>'''
	* ... [Horowitz and Fincke, forthcoming]		* <s>... [Horowitz and Fincke, forthcoming]</s>
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YoulaAzkarrula at 04:07, 19 May 2026

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JanSafford at 15:38, 23 April 2026

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	= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";		= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";

			Deity of war and plague, one of the names of Nergal [Roberts 1972, 21-29; Tallqvist 1938, 329];

	Reading the first list of MUL.APIN as an explanatory list:<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>		Reading the first list of MUL.APIN as an explanatory list:<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>

JanSafford at 15:38, 23 April 2026

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	= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";		= <sup>d</sup>''Ir''<sub>3</sub>-''ra'' "Erra, Irra";

	~~deity of war and plague, one of the names of Nergal [Roberts 1972, 21-29; Tallqvist 1938, 329];~~

	Reading the first list of MUL.APIN as an explanatory list:<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>		Reading the first list of MUL.APIN as an explanatory list:<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>

Sushoff at 16:53, 26 March 2026

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	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]		[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]

Sushoff at 14:49, 22 January 2026

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]		[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]

Sushoff at 07:18, 17 January 2026

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			Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]		[[File:Wagon+fox+ewe stellarium.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|The Wagon in Mesopotamian uranography identifies with the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major (drawing by Jessica Gullberg). The Fox and the Ewe are reported in MUL.APIN next to the Wagon constellation but their identification is uncertain: The names could refer to single stars or small asterisms in the areas indicated here: just to not limit the image to a single dot, we sketched them as (arbitrary) stickfigures in Stellarium.]]
	<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the Underworld, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian asterisms in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the GSL.		<sup>d</sup>''Erra'' (𒀭𒀴𒊏) is an Akkadian name for the King of the Underworld, more commonly known as Nergal, and associated with <sup>mul</sup>[[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]] (the Fox, an asterism in [[Ursa Major]]). Erra is already in use as a name for an Akkadian asterisms in the Old Babylonian Prayers to the Gods of the Night, but there cannot be positively identified with 'The Fox'-asterism as is explicit in MUL.APIN and the GSL.