Tâmtu elēnītu ša šalām Šamši
a Pleiades
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History
An Akkadian name for the Mediterranean Sea. Tâmtu elēnītu ša šalām Šamši ("upper sea of the setting sun") is attested in royal inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib.
Tâmtu elēnītu ša šalām Šamši
Akkadian
geographic name
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complete
Certain
- Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
- Citation:
Pleiades