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[[File:Sco Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg|thumb|Babylonian constellation of the Scorpion in Stellarium, painted by J.Gullberg (2021).]] | [[File:Sco Bab stellarium J-Gullberg.jpg|thumb|Babylonian constellation of the Scorpion in Stellarium, painted by J.Gullberg (2021).]] | ||
<sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄈𒀭𒈾) is a name for <sup>mul</sup>[[ | <sup>mul</sup>GIR<sub>2</sub>.AN.NA (𒀯𒄈𒀭𒈾) is a name for the asterism best known as <sup>mul</sup>[[GIR2.TAB|gir<sub>2</sub>.tab]] = ''zuqaqīpu,'' 'The Scorpion' (Scorpio) in Ancient Mesopotamia. The most common meaning of Sumerian GIR<sub>2</sub> is that of a sharp implement, 'knife, dagger, sword,' but the lexical tradition also gives GIR<sub>2</sub> on its own as an abbreviation of Sumerian gir<sub>2</sub>.tab = ''zuqaqīpu'' allowing for two alternative understandings of the name: 'Sword of Heaven,' and 'Scorpion of Heaven.' | ||
==Concordance, Etymology, History== | ==Concordance, Etymology, History== | ||
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|'''Spells | |'''Spells against the Scorpion:''' | ||
* mul.mul gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na "the Star Cluster, the Heavenly Sword" | * mul.mul gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na "the Star Cluster, the Heavenly Sword" | ||
* <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.a[n.na] "the Hea[venly] Sword" | * <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.a[n.na] "the Hea[venly] Sword" [Van Dijk 1971, Nr. 10, VAT 8379:21, 133; Svyat.-Tetv. 1998, 249]. | ||
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|'''"The Great Star List and | |'''"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".''' | ||
* <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na = <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.tab "Heavenly Sword = Scorpius" | * <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na = <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.tab "Heavenly Sword = Scorpius" [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:36]. | ||
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|'''Dilbat Tablet.''' | |'''Dilbat Tablet.''' | ||
* <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na = Venus in the month | * <sup>mul</sup>gir<sub>2</sub>.an.na = Venus in the month Kislimu, see (Kurtik d06) ''[[Dilbat]]''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 26 June 2026
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
mulGIR2.AN.NA (𒀯𒄈𒀭𒈾) is a name for the asterism best known as mulgir2.tab = zuqaqīpu, 'The Scorpion' (Scorpio) in Ancient Mesopotamia. The most common meaning of Sumerian GIR2 is that of a sharp implement, 'knife, dagger, sword,' but the lexical tradition also gives GIR2 on its own as an abbreviation of Sumerian gir2.tab = zuqaqīpu allowing for two alternative understandings of the name: 'Sword of Heaven,' and 'Scorpion of Heaven.'
Concordance, Etymology, History
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
Lit. "Heavenly sword", an epithet of Scorpius [G. 93], but also see CAD Z 163 for gir2 = zuqaqīpu.
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"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".
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| букв. «Небесный меч», эпитет Скорпиона [G. 93].
I. Источники. Заклинания от скорпиона. mul.mul gir2.an.na «Звезды, Небесный меч», mulgir2.a[n.na] «Не[бесный] меч» [Van Dijk 1971, Nr. 10, VAT 8379:21, 133; Свят.-Четв. 1998, 249]. «Большой список звезд». mulgir2.an.na = mulgir2.tab «Небесный меч = Скорпион» [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:36]. Таблица Дилбат. Небесный меч ― Венера в месяце кислиму, см. d06Dilbat. |
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