Gamlu
Gamlu (also Gam; Babylonian mul gam-lu, mul gam) was the Mesopotamian name of the constellation " sickle sword ", which corresponds to today's constellation Fuhrmann .
Capella (α; Gamlu) was the main star . Menkalinan (β) represented the "handle of the sickle sword " ( rittu ), which was in the east.
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The constellation Gamlu could be identified from information in the first cuneiform tablet of the MUL.APIN series and from the Ziqpu star list.
Gamlu had another nickname: "Weapon of Marduk ". It was mentioned in connection with other stars: “In the Addaru the mul Ka-a , the mul Ku and the Kakkab D Marduk rise . The teacher says: Kakkab has MUL Gamlu ”. According to this description, the "sickle sword" was in the "hand of Marduk".
Oment texts
In omen texts Gamlu also finds mention: "Approaching Jupiter the MUL Gamlu, the crop in the country is Akkad thrive". Gamlu was one of the "stars of Enlil " and the "seven gods in the sky (tikpi)".
In connection with the month of Kislimu , the planet Jupiter was often referred to with the nickname “Gamlu des Marduk”: “When MUL Gamlu lies in Kislimu at the feet of mul Šugi ”.
literature
- Ernst Friedrich Weidner : Mul Gam In: Dietz-Otto Edzard : Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 3: Fabel - Gyges and supplement . de Gruyter, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-11-003705-X , p. 136.