Enamtila
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 04, 2021 10:25 AM
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History
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ANE,
Babylonian
The temple of the god Bēl-mātāti (Enlil), Enamtila (“House of Life”), was located in the Kumar district of Babylon, in the western half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of seven temples in that part of Babylon. Enamtila is mentioned in Old Babylonian and Kassite Period texts.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/117946902
32.534577, 44.416098
- Representative Locations:
- Uncertain: Proposed location of Enamtila (2000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Enamtila (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Bēl-mātāti (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Enamtila part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Enamtila part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
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unlocated, temple
Pleiades
Jamie Novotny, 'Enamtila: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/117946902> [accessed: 01 April 2025]
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