IBILA.É.MAḪ - Revision history

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 [[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg|thumb|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]
 <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ (𒀯𒈦𒄘𒃼𒂍𒈤) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the northern polar area which MUL.APIN places at the pole of the 'The Wagon of Heaven' ([[Ursa Minor]]).  This is a strong indication that this star is to be identified as modern [[Polaris]].  This was a relatively unimportant star in the Ancient Mesopotamian sky since it would not be until ca. 1500 CE that Polaris moved into its current position as the pole star of the northern hemisphere. The asterism (single star-asterism or not) of <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ is placed within the ever-visible circle. As it, therefore, does not rise and set, the identification is highly uncertain.
 == Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

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	[[Category:Sumerian]]		[[Category:Sumerian]] [[Category:Asian]]
	[[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:West Asian]]
	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]

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	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]		[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]		[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]

Sushoff at 07:32, 17 January 2026

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			Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]		[[File:BabHeir inStellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Babylonian constellations in the north are not well identified; this is a suggestion that the Heir might ride the (complete) Horse and, this way, be in the circumpolar area. Screenshot from Stellarium (2025).]]
	<sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ (𒀯𒈦𒄘𒃼𒂍𒈤) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the northern polar area which MUL.APIN places at the pole of the 'The Wagon of Heaven' ([[Ursa Minor]]). This is a strong indication that this star is to be identified as modern [[Polaris]]. This was a relatively unimportant star in the Ancient Mesopotamian sky since it would not be until ca. 1500 CE that Polaris moved into its current position as the pole star of the northern hemisphere. The asterism (single star-asterism or not) of <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ is placed within the ever-visible circle. As it, therefore, does not rise and set, the identification is highly uncertain.		<sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ (𒀯𒈦𒄘𒃼𒂍𒈤) is an ancient Mesopotamian asterism in the northern polar area which MUL.APIN places at the pole of the 'The Wagon of Heaven' ([[Ursa Minor]]). This is a strong indication that this star is to be identified as modern [[Polaris]]. This was a relatively unimportant star in the Ancient Mesopotamian sky since it would not be until ca. 1500 CE that Polaris moved into its current position as the pole star of the northern hemisphere. The asterism (single star-asterism or not) of <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ is placed within the ever-visible circle. As it, therefore, does not rise and set, the identification is highly uncertain.

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Additional

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

	==== ~~II.~~ Deity.====		==== Deity.====
	The deity <sup>d</sup>DI.KUD or <sup>d</sup>DI.KU<sub>5</sub>, with whom <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ is correlated in VR 46, 1:13, has various identifications: (1) = <sup>d</sup>''Ma(n)dānu'' = <sup>d</sup>''Daj(j)ānu'' "(Divine) judge," "bearing the throne of Marduk," according to AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (II 253-254), (2) = ''Ishtaran'', according to <sup>d</sup>(''iš-ta-ran'')DI. KUD = dumu <sup>d</sup>Tišpak.ke<sub>4</sub> in AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (V 289), (3) = a mythological personage from Shamash's entourage, "the judge of Shamash," according to AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (III 174) [Litke 1998, 97 (especially note 254), 135, 195]. Which of these identities is implied here remains undisclosed.		The deity <sup>d</sup>DI.KUD or <sup>d</sup>DI.KU<sub>5</sub>, with whom <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ is correlated in VR 46, 1:13, has various identifications: (1) = <sup>d</sup>''Ma(n)dānu'' = <sup>d</sup>''Daj(j)ānu'' "(Divine) judge," "bearing the throne of Marduk," according to AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (II 253-254), (2) = ''Ishtaran'', according to <sup>d</sup>(''iš-ta-ran'')DI. KUD = dumu <sup>d</sup>Tišpak.ke<sub>4</sub> in AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (V 289), (3) = a mythological personage from Shamash's entourage, "the judge of Shamash," according to AN: <sup>d</sup>''A-num'' (III 174) [Litke 1998, 97 (especially note 254), 135, 195]. Which of these identities is implied here remains undisclosed.

	====~~III.~~ Identity. ====		====Identity. ====
	= β Ursae Minoris [G. 191; Weidner 1957-59, 78]; at epoch -1000 the pole of the world was located near this star;		= β Ursae Minoris [G. 191; Weidner 1957-59, 78]; at epoch -1000 the pole of the world was located near this star;

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	*= lit. "Firstborn of Emach" or "Heir of the Majestic Temple";		*= lit. "Firstborn of Emach" or "Heir of the Majestic Temple";

	[G. 191; ASM, 273; Reiner 1995, 20-21; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 73].		[Gössmann 191; ASM, 273; Reiner 1995, 20-21; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 73].

	=== Sources and Identification(s) ===		=== Sources and Identification(s) ===

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	* In the months of ~~'''<u>nisan~~ and ~~ulul</u>'''~~, ~~'''<u>((what are we doing about month-names??))</u>'''~~ prayers to <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ [Langdon 1935, 81; 4R, 32 i 48, 33 i 49; Landsberger 1915, 128; Reiner 1995, 21].		* In the months of Nisannu and Ululu, prayers to <sup>mul</sup>IBILA.É.MAḪ [Langdon 1935, 81; 4R, 32 i 48, 33 i 49; Landsberger 1915, 128; Reiner 1995, 21].
	**~~'''<u>~~Spell. ÉN DUMU.UŠ É.MAḪ DUMU.UŠ É.MAḪ ''aplu rabû ša Enlil attama'' / ''ištu Ekur'' [''t'']''ūridamma ina qabal šamê itti'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA ''tazzaz is this in Hemerologies - Livingstone???~~''</u>'~~''		**Spell. ÉN DUMU.UŠ É.MAḪ DUMU.UŠ É.MAḪ ''aplu rabû ša Enlil attama'' / ''ištu Ekur'' [''t'']''ūridamma ina qabal šamê itti'' <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA ''tazzaz is this in Hemerologies - Livingstone???''
	**~~'''<u>~~"Spell. O Firstborn of Emach, Firstborn of Emach, you are the eldest son of Enlil, / You came out of Ekur, and you stand in the middle of the sky with the Wagon," quoted in [Reiner 1995, 21, note 71]. Stev.O.T.~~</u>'''~~		**"Spell. O Firstborn of Emach, Firstborn of Emach, you are the eldest son of Enlil, / You came out of Ekur, and you stand in the middle of the sky with the Wagon," quoted in [Reiner 1995, 21, note 71]. Stev.O.T.
	*~~'''<u>~~Two predictions:~~</u>'''~~		*Two predictions:
	**~~'''<u>~~a) DIŠ <sup>ul</sup>DUMU.UŠ.É.MAḪ ''ša'' <sup>ul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA.<AN.NA> GAL-''ti ana'' <sup>ul</sup>ME.GAR ''is-niq'' BE.ME GAL<sub>2</sub>-''ši'' DIŠ KI.MIN ''is-si'' SU. KU<sub>2</sub> GAL<sub>2</sub>-''ši'' "If the Firstborn of Emah, (part of) the great [Celestial] Wagon, has approached Jupiter, pestilence will come; if it has withdrawn, famine will come." [Langdon 1913-23, 231:4-5, Pl. XVII; Reiner 1995, 20-21, note 73]. - could this mean that Polaris was in the pole of the Ursa major as well - the two poles connecting - and hense the rope???~~</u>~~'''		**a) DIŠ <sup>ul</sup>DUMU.UŠ.É.MAḪ ''ša'' <sup>ul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA.<AN.NA> GAL-''ti ana'' <sup>ul</sup>ME.GAR ''is-niq'' BE.ME GAL<sub>2</sub>-''ši'' DIŠ KI.MIN ''is-si'' SU. KU<sub>2</sub> GAL<sub>2</sub>-''ši''
	**~~'''<u>~~(b) ...[there is no "b" in his book, p217] ...~~</u>'''~~		***"If the Firstborn of Emah, (part of) the great [Celestial] Wagon, has approached Jupiter, pestilence will come; if it has withdrawn, famine will come." [Langdon 1913-23, 231:4-5, Pl. XVII; Reiner 1995, 20-21, note 73]. '''- could this mean that Polaris was in the pole of the Ursa major as well - the two poles connecting - and hense the rope???'''
			**(b) ...[there is no "b" in his book, p217] ...
	\|The spell points out that the Heir is normally inside the Ekur and that The Heir culminates together with The Wagon [of Heaven] which is visible in the viewgraph.		\|The spell points out that the Heir is normally inside the Ekur and that The Heir culminates together with The Wagon [of Heaven] which is visible in the viewgraph.
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