NU.MUŠ.DA - Revision history

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	<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|below]]).		<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|below]]).

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 [[File:Numushda Cen.jpg|thumb|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]
 <sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234].  The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area|below]]).
 ==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>==

YoulaAzkarrula at 03:59, 26 May 2026

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	[[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Asterism]]
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	[[Category:Deity]]		[[Category:Deity]] [[Category:Cen]]

Sushoff at 18:51, 26 March 2026

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	Authors: ~~Gennady E. Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Numushda Cen.jpg\|thumb\|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]		[[File:Numushda Cen.jpg\|thumb\|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]

Sushoff at 08:34, 17 January 2026

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	[[File:Numushda Cen.jpg\|thumb\|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]		[[File:Numushda Cen.jpg\|thumb\|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]
	<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|below]]).		<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|below]]).

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	Numushda — an ancient Sumerian deity associated with the city of Kazallu in northern Babylonia; the name is mentioned already in the lists of gods from Fara (XXVI century B.C.) [Krebernik 1986<ref>''Krebernik M.'' Die Götterlisten aus Fāra // ZA. 1986. Bd. 76, Halbband II. S. 161-204.</ref>, 201]. He was considered the son of Nanna and was identified with the god of thunderstorm Adad, as well as with Marduk [Black-Green 1992<ref>''Black J., Green A.'' Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary. London, British Museum Press, 1992.</ref>, 145; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 431].		Numushda — an ancient Sumerian deity associated with the city of Kazallu in northern Babylonia; the name is mentioned already in the lists of gods from Fara (XXVI century B.C.) [Krebernik 1986<ref>''Krebernik M.'' Die Götterlisten aus Fāra // ZA. 1986. Bd. 76, Halbband II. S. 161-204.</ref>, 201]. He was considered the son of Nanna and was identified with the god of thunderstorm Adad, as well as with Marduk [Black-Green 1992<ref>''Black J., Green A.'' Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary. London, British Museum Press, 1992.</ref>, 145; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 431].

	==== Identification. ====		==== Previous Identification(s). ====
	= Grus + Indus (the group of stars from α β Sagittarii to α Phoenicis) [Gössmann 1950, 305, I]; Schaumberger's remark, "Numushda is one of the southern constellations; its stars, having hardly appeared, quickly disappear again" [3. Erg.<ref name=":8">''Kugler F.X. '' Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel. 3.Ergänzungsheft zum ersten und zweiten Buch von J.Schaumberger. Münster, 1935.</ref>, 286].		= Grus + Indus (the group of stars from α β Sagittarii to α Phoenicis) [Gössmann 1950, 305, I]; Schaumberger's remark, "Numushda is one of the southern constellations; its stars, having hardly appeared, quickly disappear again" [3. Erg.<ref name=":8">''Kugler F.X. '' Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel. 3.Ergänzungsheft zum ersten und zweiten Buch von J.Schaumberger. Münster, 1935.</ref>, 286].

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			[[File:Numushda Cen.jpg\|thumb\|NU.MUŠ.DA as a deity in the area of modern Centaurus which is in the southern Milky Way (Susanne M Hoffmann in Stellarium).]]
	<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|below]]).		<sup>mul / d</sup>NU.MUŠ.DA (𒀯𒉡𒈲𒁕) is an ancient Mesopotamian constellation within The Centaur ([[Centaurus]]). Akkadian parallel to <sup>(mul)</sup>''Nammaššû'', "Herds of (wild) animals"(?) [CAD<ref name=":0">''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.'' Chicago - Glückstadt, 1956 -...</ref> N/1, 233-234]. The Akkadian name makes note of the fact that the area of this asterism is in the Milky Way and so covers a multitude of stars (see the list [[NU.MUŠ.DA#Stars within the Constellation Area\|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>==
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	\|'''MUL.APIN.'''		\|'''MUL.APIN.'''
	* (1) Stars of Ea (no. 8): MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub>-''nu'' GUB-''zu'' GIM <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-''a'' KUR-''ḫa'' / GIM <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-''a'' ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> <sup>mul</sup>''Nu-muš-da'' <sup>d</sup>IM "The star that stands behind them (i.e., behind Shullat and Hanish) rises like Ea and sets like Ea: Numushda, Adad" (I ii 26-27) [MA<ref name=":5">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 37].		* (1) Stars of Ea (no. 8): MUL ''ša''<sub>2</sub> EGIR-''šu''<sub>2</sub>-''nu'' GUB-''zu'' GIM <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-''a'' KUR-''ḫa'' / GIM <sup>d</sup>E<sub>2</sub>-''a'' ŠU<sub>2</sub><sup>meš</sup> <sup>mul</sup>''Nu-muš-da'' <sup>d</sup>IM "The star that stands behind them (i.e., behind Shullat and Hanish) rises like Ea and sets like Ea: Numushda, Adad" (I ii 26-27) [MA<ref name=":5">Hunger, H. and Steele, J. M. (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref>, 37].
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	\|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia."'''		\|'''"Great Star List and Miscellenia."'''

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

	==== ~~II.~~ Deity. ====		==== Deity. ====
	Numushda — an ancient Sumerian deity associated with the city of Kazallu in northern Babylonia; the name is mentioned already in the lists of gods from Fara (XXVI century B.C.) [Krebernik 1986<ref>''Krebernik M.'' Die Götterlisten aus Fāra // ZA. 1986. Bd. 76, Halbband II. S. 161-204.</ref>, 201]. He was considered the son of Nanna and was identified with the god of thunderstorm Adad, as well as with Marduk [Black-Green 1992<ref>''Black J., Green A.'' Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary. London, British Museum Press, 1992.</ref>, 145; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 431].		Numushda — an ancient Sumerian deity associated with the city of Kazallu in northern Babylonia; the name is mentioned already in the lists of gods from Fara (XXVI century B.C.) [Krebernik 1986<ref>''Krebernik M.'' Die Götterlisten aus Fāra // ZA. 1986. Bd. 76, Halbband II. S. 161-204.</ref>, 201]. He was considered the son of Nanna and was identified with the god of thunderstorm Adad, as well as with Marduk [Black-Green 1992<ref>''Black J., Green A.'' Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary. London, British Museum Press, 1992.</ref>, 145; Tallqvist 1938<ref>''Tallqvist K''. Akkadische Götterepitheta. Helsingforsiae, 1938.</ref>, 431].

	==== ~~III.~~ Identification. ====		==== Identification. ====
	= Grus + Indus (the group of stars from α β Sagittarii to α Phoenicis) [Gössmann 1950, 305, I]; Schaumberger's remark, "Numushda is one of the southern constellations; its stars, having hardly appeared, quickly disappear again" [3. Erg.<ref name=":8">''Kugler F.X. '' Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel. 3.Ergänzungsheft zum ersten und zweiten Buch von J.Schaumberger. Münster, 1935.</ref>, 286].		= Grus + Indus (the group of stars from α β Sagittarii to α Phoenicis) [Gössmann 1950, 305, I]; Schaumberger's remark, "Numushda is one of the southern constellations; its stars, having hardly appeared, quickly disappear again" [3. Erg.<ref name=":8">''Kugler F.X. '' Sternkunde und Sterndienst in Babel. 3.Ergänzungsheft zum ersten und zweiten Buch von J.Schaumberger. Münster, 1935.</ref>, 286].

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	= part of Centauri (Centauri) [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>, 75].		= part of Centauri (Centauri) [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>, 75].

	==== ~~IV.~~ Astrology. ====		==== Astrology. ====

	===== Identifications: =====		===== Identifications: =====

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	* K.14943+: <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub>.a.an // <sup>mul</sup>nu.muš.d[a] // ˹2,40˺ "(Stars of Ea), Shabbat, Numushda, 160" [CT<ref name=":4">''Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.''</ref> 33, 12].		* K.14943+:
			** <sup>iti</sup>ziz<sub>2</sub>.a.an // <sup>mul</sup>nu.muš.d[a] // ˹2,40˺
			** "(Stars of Ea), Shabbat, Numushda, 160" [CT<ref name=":4">''Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.''</ref> 33, 12].
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