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ēkallu eššu

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

Achaemenid-period texts refer to this palace of Nebuchadnezzar II as the “new palace” (ēkallu eššu).

Romanized Name(s):
ēkallu eššu

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:

Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Pedersén 2021 87–101

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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