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Eankikuga

a Pleiades place resource

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The shrine/seat of the god Kusu in the Egipar temple at Ur. The Sumerian ceremonial name Eankikuga means "House of the Pure Heaven and Underworld."

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/177583004

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.9617552474, 46.1044728983

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Eankikuga (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Eankikuga makes connections with:

Eankikuga part of (physical/topographic) Egipar (720 BC - 540 BC)
Eankikuga located at Ur(i) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Eankikuga receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, shrine

References:

See Further:

George 2004 67 number 71

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Rebuilt by Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, governor of Ur (reign of Ashurbanipal).

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Eankikuga: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/177583004> [accessed: 29 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/177583004 |title=Places: 177583004 (Eankikuga) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=March 29, 2025 6:11 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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