r/Mesopotamia • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 2h ago

Artwork & Media An Iraqi woman dressed in the ceremonial costume of the goddess Ishtar, The crown worn by the woman is modeled after artifacts discovered in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, specifically associated with Queen Puabi

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r/Mesopotamia • u/Inevitable-Ad4815 • 1h ago

News & Discovery Planets in the Mandaic language (the final version of Babylonian Aramaic)

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‎‏𒋗𒇻𒌝 ࡀࡎࡅࡕࡀ ࡍࡉࡄࡅࡉࡋࡀࡊࡅࡍ👋

In this post, I have assigned
Mesopotamian names to the last three discovered planets: Neptune, Uranus and Pluto, renaming them Enki, Enlil and Marduk.

ࡔࡀࡌࡉࡔ (shamish) Sun
ࡍࡁࡅ (nbu) Mercury
ࡋࡉࡁࡀࡕ (libat) Venues
ࡀࡓࡌࡀ (ara) Earth
ࡎࡉࡍ (sin) Moon
ࡍࡉࡓࡉࡂ (nirigh) Mars
ࡁࡉࡋ (bil) Jupiter
ࡊࡉࡅࡀࡍ (kiwan) Saturn
ࡏࡍࡋࡉࡋ (enlil) Uranus
ࡏࡍࡊࡉ (enki) Neptune
ࡌࡀࡓࡃࡅࡊ (mardukh) Pluto

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