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Šumeru

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE

Romanized Name(s):
Šumeru

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:

Akkadian-Ur III Mesopotamia (2335–2000 BC) (confident)
Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (confident)
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Zadok 1985 296-297

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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