GIR2.AN.NA

Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

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Babylonian constellation of the Scorpion in Stellarium, painted by J.Gullberg (2021).

^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.

Sources	Identifications
Spells from the Scorpion. mul.mul gir2.an.na "the Star Cluster, the Heavenly Sword" mulgir2.a[n.na] "the Hea[venly] Sword". [Van Dijk 1971, Nr. 10, VAT 8379:21, 133; Svyat.-Tetv. 1998, 249].
"The Great Star List and Miscellenia". mulgir2.an.na = mulgir2.tab "Heavenly Sword = Scorpius". [Mesop.Astrol., App. B:36].
Dilbat Tablet. mulgir2.an.na = Venus in the month of kislimu, see (Kurtik d06) Dilbat.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, g18)

Gössmann (1950)

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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References

• Kurtik's references