Sumero-Akkadian star-catalogue [Akkadian names italicized]
pp. 319-322 = Table I (with p. 315 "Transliteration" & p. 316 "Translation")
p. |
# |
star |
meaning |
identity |
319 |
A 1 |
sipa-zi-an-na |
True Shepherd of sky |
b Ori. |
A 2 |
dar-lugal |
Rooster |
m Lep. |
|
B 1 |
front feet & hands of mas^-tab-ba-gal-gal |
of Great Twins |
G & n Gem. |
|
B 2 |
right hand & rear heel of sipa-zi-an-na |
x &k Ori. |
||
B 3 |
middle of dar-lugal |
a Lep. |
||
C 1 |
rear foot of mas^-tab-ba-gal-gal |
x Gem. |
||
C 2 |
mas^-tab-ba-tur-tur |
Little Twins |
z Gem. |
|
C 3 |
kak-si-sa’ |
Arrow |
b Can. Mai. |
|
D 1 |
al-lul |
Crab |
e Canc. |
|
D 2 |
mus^ |
Snake |
b Canc. |
|
D 3 |
ban |
Bow |
h Can. Mai. |
|
D 4 |
left foot of kak-si-sa’ |
p Pup. |
||
E 2 |
house of Jupiter |
|||
E 3 |
LU of kak-si-sa’ |
r Pup. |
||
F 1 |
head of ur-a |
Lion |
m & e Leo. |
|
F 2 |
middle of mus^ |
G Hyd. |
||
F 3 |
elbow of kak-si-sa’ |
a Pyx. |
||
F 4 |
hand of nun-ki |
c Vel. |
||
320 |
G 1 |
chest of ur-a |
z, c, h & a Leo. |
|
G 2 |
right front paw of ur-a |
p Leo. |
||
G 3 |
middle of mus^ |
k Hyd. |
||
G 4 |
nun-ki |
l Vel. |
||
H 2 |
foot in middle of ur-a |
r Leo. |
||
H 3 |
hand of nin-mah |
p> Ve. |
||
I 1 |
rump of ur-a |
d & G Leo. |
||
I 2 |
tail of uga |
of Raven |
a Cra. |
|
I 3 |
ni-s^ik of gis^-gan’-u`r |
"bite" of Harrow |
m Vel. |
|
J 1 |
tail of ur-a |
b Leo. |
||
J 2 |
middle of uga |
c Cor. |
||
J 3 |
hand of EN.TE.NA.BAR.HUM |
d Cen. |
||
K 1 |
e4-ru6 |
c Com. |
||
K 2 |
ab-si’n |
Barley-stalk (p. 316, fn. 3) |
a Vir. |
|
K 3 |
s^ullat & h^anis^ |
e Cen, |
||
K 4 |
house of Mercury |
|||
L 2 |
dingir-ku-a-mes^ |
Sitting Gods |
i (?) Vir. |
|
L 3 |
front pan of gis^-ri’n |
of Balance |
l Vir. |
|
L 4 |
nu-mus^-da |
h Cen. |
||
L 5 |
house of Saturn |
|||
M 1 |
na-at-tul-lum [the 1st] |
Harness |
u Boo:. |
|
M 2 |
middle of zi-ba-nit |
of Balance |
b Lib. |
|
321 |
M 3 |
horn of gi’rtab |
of Scorpion |
c Sco. |
M 4 |
eye of ur-idim |
of Wolf |
c Lupi |
|
N 1 |
S^U.PA |
a Boo:. |
||
N 2 |
middle of zi-ba-nit |
c Lib. |
||
N 3 |
head of gi’r-tab |
d Sco. |
||
N 4 |
middle of ur-idim |
h Lupi |
||
O 1 |
na-at-tul-lum [the 2nd] |
x Boo:. |
||
O 2 |
thorax of gi’r-tab |
a Sco. |
||
O 3 |
tail of gi’r-tab |
m Sco. |
||
O 4 |
rear foot of ur-idim |
z Sco. |
||
P 1 |
kip-pat |
Ring |
a Cor. Bor. |
|
P 2 |
eye of za-ba4-ba4 |
h Oph. |
||
P 3 |
s^a’r-ur & s^a’r-gaz |
l & u Sco. |
||
Q 1 |
s^a’ mas^-a-ti |
Twins |
b & c Her. |
|
Q 2 |
middle of za-ba4-ba4 |
n Oph. |
||
Q 3 |
left hand of pa-bil-sag on bow |
d Sag. |
||
Q 4 |
ma’-gur8 |
e Sag. |
||
R 1 |
tak-sa’-a-tu’ |
Triplets |
d Her. |
|
R 2 |
knee of za-ba4-ba4 |
h Ser. |
||
R 3 |
[right hand] of pa-bil-sag on arrow |
p> Sag. |
||
S 1 |
knee of u`z |
of Goat |
m Her. |
|
S 2 |
foot of za-ba4-ba4 |
l Aqu. |
||
S 3 |
pa-bil-sag above ma’-gur8 |
i Sag. |
||
322 |
T 1 |
crook of u`z |
a Lyr. |
|
T 2 |
a’-mus^en |
a Aqu. |
||
[T 3 |
suhur-mas^ |
b Cap.] |
||
[U 1 |
shoulder of ud-ka-du8-a |
b Cyg.] |
[see also :- Abraham Sachs : "A Late Babylonian Star-Catalogue." JCS 6 (1952) : 146-150.]
OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER FUND, 9 = Erle Leichty; Maria deJ. Ellis; Pamela Gerardi (eds.) : A Scientific Humanist : studies in memory of Abraham Sachs. Philadelphia, 1988. pp. 313-322 David Pingree & Christopher Walker : "A Babylonian Star-Catalogue : BM 78161".