Feb. 4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.twv ft \tvwv, " the one at the knot of the two cords," a third magni
tude star, is styled, by Aratos :—
" bothbeautifuland large,
Andthis mencall the tail-connecting link ; "*
but I think Okda,whichis very nearthe Ram's forepaws,is included
in Asterism No. Ill, and thatwe may identifythe Constellation
of the Hyaena witho 7, and f Pegasi. My friend Mr. John T.
Plummer,of the Orwell ParkObservatory,whohas kindly assisted
me in this investigation,is of opinion that at least three stars of
Pegasus would be included in the Thirty Stars (or Asterisms).
Pegasusis a paranatellon of Aquarius and Pisces, and its stars form
the 26th and 27th lunarmansions of the Arabians; for a Andro-
medae,in the 27thlunarmansion, is Sirrah\ (= Surra al Feras,
"the-Navel-of-the-horse"). In the Tablet, StarNo. XVII is called
the Horse; but this, as we shall see, is not Pegasus.%
Line3, Star No.III.
Kakkab Gam | Kakku sa kati D.P.Maruduk
The-Star of-the-Scimitar \ The-weapon of the-hand of Mer6da\-
Star No. Ill supplies an excellent instancealikeof the difficulties
and of the interest of the investigation ; I give severalopinions,and
the reader mustdecidefor himself.
Thenamehas been readPapnu,andinterpretedas " the Hero-
of-setting,"i.e., "Saturn, according to Oppert."§ Thisviewmay,I
think,be safely rejected; there is no planet amongst the Thirty
Stars. Saturnappearsin its proper placewiththe other planetsin
Part II of the Tablet,. TheStaroccurswith othersin W.A.I. II,
49, No. 1, but not so as to enable us to identify it from thatpassage.
Theform, in Assyrian •S^J^Ej^, Akkadiangam, zubu, appears
in Professor Sayce'sSyllabary,No.15, with the Assyrian equivalents* Phainomena, 244-5. I's magnitudemaypossiblyhavevaried.
t A ivvbi aarrip,commonto both constellations(Aratos,Phainomena,206).
t The wingedDemi-horse, describedby Aratos (Phainomena, 205-15),is
exactlyshownon coins of Lampsakos andSkepsis(videLajard,Cnltetie Venus,
PL XXIV, Fig. 18),wherethe wings show Phoiniko-Euphratean treatment.
The Pegasos-myth is connected withAsiaMinor,andthe Winged-horse also
appearson a Hittite gem(videProceedings,Feb., 1884 ; Lajard, Cultcde Mithra,
PL XLIV, Fig.3a).
§ Transactions, III, p. 173.
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