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Ešiddukišara

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The temple of the god Nabû, Ešiddukišara (“House of the Director of the Universe”), was located in the Tuba 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 three temples in that part of Babylon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133324175

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.532894475, 44.421696575

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ešiddukišara (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Nabû (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ešiddukišara makes connections with:

Ešiddukišara part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ešiddukišara part of (physical/topographic) Tuba (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ešiddukišara receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, temple

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir IV

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ešiddukišara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133324175> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133324175 |title=Places: 133324175 (Ešiddukišara) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 1:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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