Kajamānu or Kayyamanu ( Akkadian: 𒅗𒀀𒀀𒈠𒉡 ''ka-a-a-ma-nu'' "the constant") or Uduimin-saĝuš ( Sumerian: 𒀯𒇻𒅂𒊕𒍑 ''^MULUDU.IMIN-saĝ-uš'', "star of the sun") is the

ancient Mesopotamia The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writ ...

n name for the planet

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth the average density of Earth, but is over 95 tim ...

. In

, he was also regarded as the "star of

Ninurta Ninurta (: , possible meaning "Lord fBarley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (: , meaning "Lord fGirsu"), is an List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was f ...

," the Mesopotamian fertility deity.

In other cultures

Kiwan In Mandaeism, Kiwan, Kiuan (; ), or Kewan is the Mandaic name for the planet Saturn.Müller-Kessler, Christa (2018). "Šamaš, Sîn (Sahra, Sira), Delibat (Ištar, al-‘Uzzā), und Kēwān (Kajjamānu) in den frühen mandäischen magischen Tex ...

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Mandaic Mandaic may refer to: * Mandaic language * Mandaic alphabet The Mandaic alphabet is a writing system primarily used to write the Mandaic language. It is thought to have evolved between the second and seventh century CE from either a cursive fo ...

for Saturn) is derived from the Mesopotamian name. Kayvan is the Persian equivalent name. Kēwān (

Classical Syriac The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer ...

: ܟܹܐܘܵܢ) also being a loan from Akkadian, is the name for Saturn in Syriac among later

Assyrians Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia. While they are distinct from ot ...

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