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double swastika or a double cross gammata
, in later periods
a chariot and a horse 1 (comp. Gamkrelidze, Ivanov
1984, II, 731, 936), etc.
2.2. Symbols of the Star Goddesses
According to Akkadian mythology, Akkadian [ d a·a]
– Aya (comp.: Delaporte 1910, XLVI, 116; 1923, No. 251, pl.
76; Waddell 1924, 247, Fig. 36; Black, Green 1992, 173; Collon
2007, 1; Nozadze 2007, 63) is the spouse of the Sun-god
Shamash, the goddess of light, dawn, love and fertility. In
Sumerian mythology the equivalent of the goddess Aya is the
spouse of the Sun-god Utu, the Sumerian goddess
[ d še 3·ri 5·da] 2 (comp. ETCSL) – Sherida/Shenirda; its divine
epithet is Sumerian [su 3·ud·aĝ 2 /su 3·ud·ag 2 ] – shiny
(comp.: PSD; DDD 1999, 126; Falkenstein 1957, 305).
1 . Comp. Georgian [cxen·i] – horse: Common-Indo-European
*s(a) Hel-/n- – sun (Gamkrelidze, Ivanov 1984, II, 684); Migrelian
[šxan·a] – the sun; sunny day; heat.
2 . Comp.: Sumerian šer – bright; Sumerian še·er – to be bright; reddening
sunburn; brilliance, ray (PSD; ETCSL), shine, light, glimmer (Halloran
2006, 142); Sumerian šér – to shine brightly (Halloran 2006, 45).
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