Jan. 14] SOCIETYOK BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. [1890.
- The god Sar-ner-ra and the god Gal-lam-la {are)
- D.P. Gut-tav* ("Bull of heaven," i.e. Jupiter) andD.P.
Nibat(Mars).
In the tablet of the Thirty Stars,line 4, Sarnerra andGallamta-
uddua appearas joint regentdivinitiesof Star No. IV, Bar-tab-ba-
gal-gal-la.\
In W.A.I. III,57, No. 1, Sec. I, we read :—- Kakkab Gut-tav ina kakkabi Gu-la yu-dan-nat
The-Star Jupiterin tlie-constellation of- Gula lingers.
4- -+ m *T - s:Hf- ^ -ET T Hf- ^TT3= J£T ^T
D.P.Gut-tavina kakkabi Gu-la ana D.P. Sak - us dikhu
Jupiter in the-constellation qf-Gula to Saturnopposite(is).
Fromthis it is evident thatthe asterism of Gula consistsof more
thanthe single star Betelgeux.
Sec.II, 2 :—D.P.Gut-tavina kakkabi Muna-xa yu - dan-nat-va
Jupiterin t/ie-eonstellation of-the-Goat-fish lingers,* and- The-star Nun-ki(" Prince-of-the-earth") measured a measure
( = rose). In the tablet of the Thirty Stars,the Star ^JJ 4|f,
Xun-ki,is equated withNo. XXIX, " the Star of the Proclamation
of the Sea," andthusin each caseappearsnextthe Goat-fish.
From anotherpassageW.A.I.,53, 24-6, § we find that Dilbat
( Venus) was named in different monthsafterthe fixed starswhich
she approached, so that in one monthshe was styled "theStarof
* As gut = gud, Prof.Saycesuggeststhat the Phoenician nameof the planet
Gad (" Good-fortune," cf. Isaiah, lxv, 11) may be hence derived,witha Semitic
meaningadded.
t "The GreatTwins"(videProceedings,Feb. 1889,p. 151) are Castor and
Polluxin the solar scheme,but not in the lunar ; there are,of course, many
twinstarsand twin asterismsin the heavens.
t This referenceto the slow motionof fupiter, so different from"thegallop
of Fomalhaut" nearat hand, and"therapidtransitsof the Ram" (Aratos,
Phainomcna,225),showsreal astronomical observation.
§ Ap. Sayce, Transactions,III, 196. "TheStarof the Goat " was formerly
rendered"theStarof the Double Ship."
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