Balreša

Map of the constellation Corona Borealis

Balreša ( ^MUL Balreša) was the Mesopotamian name of the star Gemma in the constellation Corona Borealis . Gemma was considered the star of the goddess Nanaja . Balreša succeeded the deity ^d Bizilla as the star of Enlil . Both belonged to the group of Enlil stars . As Balreša, Nanaja was one of the six heavenly palace women .

literature

• Dietz-Otto Edzard : Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 9 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-11-017296-8 , p. 147.