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The name doesn't refer to the rings, e.g. see "Saturn as the 'Sun of Night' in Ancient Near Eastern Tradition" in January 2013 Aula Orientalis 31(2):279-321
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The name doesn't refer to the rings, e.g. see "Saturn as the 'Sun of Night' in Ancient Near Eastern Tradition" in January 2013 Aula Orientalis 31(2):279-321:
> In addition, a star list identifies En-me-šár-ra with LU.LIM, the “deer-star”, while a mid-7th century Neo-Assyrian lexical text listing the seven traditional planets equates LU.LIM with UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ (kayamānu), the planet Saturn.
Other sources translate it simply as 'ram'.