"Stellar-repraesentations from Babylonian clay-tablets"

gis^ "tree" of the day of the month

 

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

day

VAT 7816 -- Sumerian

VAT 7815 -- Sumerian

VAT 7816 -- Akkadian

VAT 7815 -- Akkadian

1st

LA...

LA(kur)M

 

s^u-s^i

2nd

LAL

   

ur-t.u-u'

3rd

(MA.NU)

TE`

e>ru

 

4th

TE` KAN.U5

   

ti-a-ru

5th

TE` AN.NA

   

erinu

6th

(NAM.TAR) (U'.GI'R)

 

pilu^ as^agu

asu

7th

LA(kur)M

(KI'N) (NIM)

 

kis^kanu^ baltu

8th

TE`

[me^su]

 

ka'm-ma-li sa-an-...

9th

       

10th

 

(S^IM.GI'R)

 

asu

11th

       

12th

       

13th

       

14th

       

15th

       

16th

       

17th

       

18th

       

19th

       

20th

       

21st

       

22nd

       

23rd

       

24th

       

25th

       

26th

TE`

     

27th

(LAM) LAM.RI

     

28th

(LAL) LAL

   

ur-t.u-u'

29th

(MA.NU)

TE`

nurmu^

 

30th

TE` KAN.U5

   

ti-a-ru

{as the word for a category of trees, Sumerian /TE`/ = Mayan /TE/}

u' "plant" of the day of the month

 

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

day

VAT 7816 -- Sumerian

VAT 7815 -- Sumerian

VAT 7816 -- Akkadian

VAT 7815 -- Akkadian

1st

       

2nd

(LAL)

AS^

as^qula^lu

 

3rd

TI.LA

SA5

dup-r[a-nu]

 

4th

 

KAN.U5

 

ti-a-ru

5th

SIKIL

DIL.BAT

 

ti-iz-kar

6th

BABBAR (HAR.HAR)

LI.LI

h^altappa^nu

 

7th

(A.ZAL.LA')

 

azallu^

 

8th

(IGI.LIM)

 

imh^ur-li^mi

 

9th

     

na-mi-ru

10th

       

11th

       

12th

       

13th

       

14th

       

15th

       

16th

       

17th

       

18th

       

19th

       

20th

       

21st

       

22nd

       

23rd

       

24th

       

25th

       

26th

(IGI.LIM)

 

imh^ur-li^mi

 

27th

(Ti.GI`L) (NAM.TAR)

 

tigilu^ ipu^

 

28th

(LAL)

AS^

as^qula^lu

 

29th

 

SA5

   

30th

 

KAN.NU5 SIKIL.LA

   

na4 "stone" of the day of the month

 

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

day

VAT 7816 -- Sumerian

VAT 7815 -- Sumerian

VAT 7816 -- Akkadian

VAT 7815 -- Akkadian

1st

 

(S^UBA)

 

s^ubu^ gis^-nu11-gal

2nd

SAG.DU

AS^.GI`.GI`

   

3rd

 

ZAB

 

sah^-h^u-u' as^-pu'-u'

4th

       

5th

   

as^-pu'-pu'

 

6th

       

7th

(AN.ZAH)

 

mil>u

 

8th

       

9th

       

10th

       

11th

       

12th

       

13th

       

14th

       

15th

       

16th

       

17th

       

18th

       

19th

       

20th

       

21st

       

22nd

       

23rd

       

24th

       

25th

       

26th

   

uqnu^

 

27th

   

mus^-...

 

28th

SAG.DU SAK.KI

AS^.GI`.GI`

   

29th

 

URUDU

   

30th

       

ki "land (city)" of the day of the month

 

pp. 41-42

pp. 45-46

 

day

VAT 7816

VAT 7815

later form of name

1st

 

aks^ak

 

2nd

     

3rd

 

a-g[a]-de'

Akkad

4th

     

5th

     

6th

     

7th

nibru

 

Nippur

8th

ba^bilu

eridu

Babylon

9th

     

10th

     

11th

     

12th

     

13th

     

14th

     

15th

     

16th

     

17th

     

18th

     

19th

     

20th

     

21st

     

22nd

     

23rd

     

24th

     

25th

     

26th

nibru

 

Nippur

27th

     

28th

h^ursagkalama

aks^ak

 

29th

     

30th

     

[parenthetic Sumerian names are the translator's renditions of the Akkadian]

[taken from texts of the Seleukid epoch]

p. 49 translator's suggestion is to compare with the stone & plant of each dekan, according to Hermes Tris-megistos (J. B. Pitra, Analecta sacra et classica Spicilegio Solesmensi V:2, s. 284ff.; Boll, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum 7, s. 231ff.)

O:STERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, PHILOSOPHISCH-HISTORISCHE KLASSE, SITUNGBERICHTE, 254. Band, 2. Abhandlung = Ernest Weidner: Gestirn-Darstellungen auf Babylonischen Tontafeln. Wien, 1967.