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Ištar-mušammeḫat-nišīšu

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Akkadian ceremonial name of the Ištar Gate at Khorsabad, which means "The Goddess Ištar Is the One Who Makes Its People Flourish."

Romanized Name(s):
Ištar-mušammeḫat-nišīšu

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Frame, RINAP 2 online Sargon II 009

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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