M53 A i 23 mul. SV(1) – The preposition
determinative DIŠ is lacking in A, AA and BB. This is probably because
only F begins a new line at this point.
F 6 DIŠ AA 22 – mul
BB 31 mul
M54 F 6 DIŠ A i 23 mulmul DINGIR.TUŠ.A DINGIR.TUŠ.A mešmeš (^) MUL is lacking in AA. OV – The preposition determinative
AA i 22 DINGIR.TUŠ.A
BB 31 mul DINGIR.TU[Š
M55 F 6 DIŠ A i 23 mumull DINGIR.TUŠ.A DINGIR.TUŠ.A mešmeš SV(1) – Difference in number.^262
AA i 22 DD 18 DINGIR.TUŠ.A TU]Š.A meš
M56 A i 24 F 7 DIŠ DIŠ mulmul SV(1) – The preposition determina-tive DIŠ is lacking in BB.
BB 32 mu l^
M57 A i 24 d Gu-la SV(1) – A and AA have different
AA i 23 d Nin-kar-ra-ak names for the same deity. 263
M58 A i 25 F 8 DIŠ DIŠ mumull tive DIŠ is lacking in BB. SV(1) – The preposition determina-
BB 33 mul
M59 A i 26 DIŠ mul SV(1) – The preposition determina-
F 9 DIŠ BB 34 mul mul tive DIŠ is lacking in BB.
(^262) AA has the singular dingirtušu, “the sitting god,” written as a plural in the other sources. A difference in
number here is suggested by the fact that AA has the title dingirgubbû, “the standing gods,” spelled with
the plural marker MEŠ in the same line. 263
According to J. Black and A. Green, Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illus-
trated Dictionary (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003) 101, Ninkarrak and Gula are both to be identi-
fied with the cognomen Ninisina, “The Lady of Isin.” See also G. Leick, A Dictionary of Ancient Near
Eastern Mythology (London: Routledge, 1997) 132-33. Another appellation, Bau, appears alongside the
name Gula in RawlCu 5 46 I 17. Different divine names may reflect different understandings as to which
deity was associated with a given astral body. We may presume here that the body being referred to re-
mains the same although the associated deity may vary. For an analogous terrestrial situation concerning
the relationship between Bau and Ningirsu see W. Heimpel, "The Lady of Girsu," Riches Hidden in Secret
Places: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen (ed. A. Abusch; Winona Lake:
Eisenbrauns, 2002) 158-60.