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 <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism [[Ursa Minor]] (the Little Dipper).  The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu''  <ref>HorowitzW.,  1989:  “An  Akkadian  Name for Ursa-Minor:  mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref>  The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.'  The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
 ==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA, ''eriqqu ša šamê''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA, ''eriqqu ša šamê''}}
	{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}		{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian ~~Name for Ursa~~-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = ~~eriqqi šamāmī~~,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism [[Ursa Minor]] (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
	==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>==
	“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>.		“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>.

	* <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA		* <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA
	* '''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)~~'''~~		* = ''eriqqu ša šamê'' (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)
	* ''~~'or~~ eriqqu šá šamāmī:'''		* or ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'':
	* ~~'''~~"Celestial Wagon"~~'''~~		* "Celestial Wagon"

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.

Sushoff at 08:12, 17 January 2026

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	{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}		{{distinguish\|MAR.GID2.DA}}
	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]

Sushoff at 07:16, 17 January 2026

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	[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]		[[File:Wagon+WagonH Bab stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Wagon and Wagon of Heaven in the Babylonian uranography around 1250 BCE, produced with Stellarium, paintings by Jessica Gullberg.]]
	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.

JanSafford at 17:21, 9 January 2026

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	==== IV. Identification. ====		==== IV. Identification. ====
	= Ursa Minor [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259; Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 79a; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 13; MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 137; ~~ASM~~<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 74].		= Ursa Minor [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259; Weidner 1957-59<ref>''Weidner E.'' mul gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqîpi'' // AfO. 1957-1958. Bd. 18. S. 393-394].</ref>, 79a; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, 13; MA<ref>Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 137; Hunger-Pingree 1999<ref>''Hunger H., Pingree D.'' Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1999.</ref>, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018<ref>Beaulieu, P.-A., Frahm, E., Horowitz, W. & Steele, J. (2018), The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations, American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, USA.</ref>, 74].

	==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====		==== V. Parts of the constellation and individual stars. ====
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	\| = eriq šamê «Небесная Повозка» или «Повозка Ану»; созвездие в Малой Медведице (Ursa Minor) [G. 259].		\| = eriq šamê «Небесная Повозка» или «Повозка Ану»; созвездие в Малой Медведице (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann 1950, 259].
	I. Источники.		I. Источники.

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	IV. Отождествление.		IV. Отождествление.

	= Ursa Minor [G. 259; Weidner 1957–59, 79a; BPO 2, 13; MA, 137; ~~ASM~~, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 74].		= Ursa Minor [Gössmann 1950, 259; Weidner 1957–59, 79a; BPO 2, 13; MA, 137; Hunger-Pingree 1999, 276; Beaulieu et al. 2018, 74].

	V. Части созвездия и отдельные звезды.		V. Части созвездия и отдельные звезды.

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	<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.		<sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA (𒀯𒄑𒈥𒁍𒁕𒀭𒈾) = ''eriqqu ša šamê'', ''eriqqu šá šamāmī'' (poetic form) is a Mesopotamian name for the asterism Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). The association with goddesses reflects in part at least the feminine grammatical status of Akkadian ''eriqqu'', pl. ''eriqqātu'' <ref>HorowitzW., 1989: “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid<sub>2</sub>.da..an.na = eriqqi šamāmī,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie79: 242-245.</ref> The Sumerian name can be interpreted as either 'The Wagon of Heaven' or 'The Wagon of Anu.' The sign-AN being for both the Heavens as a cosmic location and the god An, the King of the Heavens.
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==
			“Wagon of Heaven”. <sup>mul</sup>MAR.GÍD.DA-AN.NA (EN 20l)<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>.

	~~=== Krebernik (2023) ===~~		* <sup>mul (giš)</sup>MA.GID<sub>2</sub>.DA AN.NA
	~~“Wagon of Heaven”.~~ <sup>mul</sup>~~MAR~~.~~GÍD~~.DA-AN.NA ~~(EN 20l).~~		* '''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊)'''
			* '''or eriqqu šá šamāmī:'''
	~~=== Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim ===~~		* '''"Celestial Wagon"'''
	'''= eriqqu ša šamê (𒂊𒋆𒄣𒃻𒊭𒈨𒂊; or eriqqu šá šamāmī) "Celestial Wagon"'''

	Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.		Constellation in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 259], Horowitz 1989<ref>Horowitz, Wayne (1989): “An Akkadian Name for Ursa-Minor: mar.gid.da a.an.na = eriqqi šamami,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 79: 242-245.</ref>.

Sushoff at 16:15, 23 November 2025

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