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The constellation of Puppis, the Poop Deck // E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani

Click below for some info about this constellation as well as an annotated image!

Puppis, which is Latin for "poop deck" or "stern," is the largest part of the ship, Argo Navis. The entire constellation was known to the ancient Greeks, but it was a very large and overwhelming constellation. In 1752, the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille split the ship into its constituent parts.

There are several named stars in Puppis. In order of brightness:

Naos (ζ Puppis), a solitary blue supergiant star about 1,080 light years away. It is one of the hottest and most luminous stars in the night sky visible to the unaided eye. Its name comes from the Greek word ναύς meaning "ship."

Tureis (ρ Puppis) is a solitary yellow-white supergiant star about 63 light years away. It is also a variable star, changing brightness about 7 times a day. Its name comes from the Arabic word turays meaning "shield."

Pipit (ν Puppis) is a solitary blue giant star about 370 light years away. Its name comes from the Kendayan people of Indonesia, sharing its name with a local bird.

Azmidi (ξ Puppis) is a binary star system consisting of at least one yellow supergiant star. The entire star system lies about 1,200 light years away. Its name comes from the Greek word Aspidiske meaning "little shield."

Nosaxa (HD 48265) is a Sun-like star about 296 light years away. It has two confirmed exoplanets orbiting it, the smaller of which (about 1.5 times the mass of Jupiter) is named Naqaȳa. Both names were given by the people of Argentina: Nosaxa means "springtime" and Naqaȳa means "brother" in the local Mocoví language.

Moth (HD 61005) is a Sun-like star about 119 light years away. It doesn't have a confirmed exoplanet, but it does have a debris disk. The shape of this debris disk resembles the wings of a moth, which inspired its name.

Dilmun (WASP-121) is a Sun-like star about 858 light years away. It has one confirmed exoplanet orbiting it, about the mass of Jupiter, named Tylos. Both names were given by the people of Bahrain: Dilmun is the name of an ancient civilization that inhabited the area, while Tylos is the ancient Greek name for Bahrain.

Tislit (WASP-161) is a Sun-like star about 1,162 light years away. It has one confirmed exoplanet orbiting it, about 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, named Isli. Both names came from the people of Morocco: Tislit and Isli are lakes in the Atlas Mountains, meaning "bride" and "groom" in the Amazigh language.

[fresne999]

Am I the only one that when hearing that the straits of Hormuz are blocked as a result of Drumps war, immediately thought of the bronze age trade route to Dilmun? Aka where Ea Nasir was a copper trader through. Aka I knew about because I researches for fanfic.

Nod, yup.

[ace-of-anunnaki]

Day 11: Ninsikila

OK for clarity this Ninsikila is Meskilak from Dilmun, and not the Ninsikila that is married to Lisin. She was a prominent deity in the Dilmunite pantheon, though it’s not clear what her function was.

The situation regarding her in Enki and Ninhursag is a bit… strange. The first bit occurs at the beginning, where a goddess named Ninsikila appeals to Enki for help to make Dilmun fertile. (It is assumed that this Ninsikila is another name for Ninhursag, but that’s not proven. I believe It was Dina Katz that argues for these two being separate in this context.) Then at the end, another goddess named Ninsikila is born from Enki’s hair.

[internethippy]

Oliver Francis puts his money where his mouth is

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The King of Aratta, Lu-Mada-Tum-Aka, inspects barley gifted to him from Dilmun.

[fishstickmonkey]

Two sides of jasper seal found in the remains of a Bronze Age jewellry workshop on Failaka Island, Kuwait [Credit: Moesgaard Museum]

(via The Archaeology News Network)

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Trade with Bahrain: the pearl of the Gulf as a crossroads of civilizations

In the middle of the Persian Gulf, a small archipelago of low-lying islands has played a role for five thousand years that its size would never suggest. Bahrain — the ancient Dilmun of cuneiform texts — was for centuries one of the most active commercial hubs of the ancient world. And among its most consistent trading partners was the civilization of the Sapta Sindhu, the land of the Seven…

Trade with Bahrain: the pearl of the Gulf as a crossroads of civilizations

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Le commerce avec Bahreïn : la perle du Golfe comme carrefour des civilisations

Au milieu du golfe Persique, un archipel de petites îles basses joue depuis cinq mille ans un rôle que sa taille ne laisse pas deviner. Bahreïn — l’ancienne Dilmun des textes cunéiformes — fut pendant des siècles l’une des plaques tournantes les plus actives du commerce maritime de l’Antiquité. Et parmi ses partenaires les plus constants figurait la civilisation du Sapta Sindhu, la terre des Sept…

Le commerce avec Bahreïn : la perle du Golfe comme carrefour des civilisations