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Tâmtu elītu

a Pleiades name resource

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An Akkadian name for the Mediterranean Sea. Tâmtu elītu ("upper sea") is attested in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions.

Tâmtu elītu


Akkadian

geographic name

accurate

complete

Certain

  • Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
  • Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

Citation:

Pleiades