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Esagila

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The Sumerian ceremonial name Esagil(a) means "House, Whose Top is High."

Romanized Name(s):
Esagila

Name as attested:

Language:
Sumerian

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:

2nd Millennium BCE (2000-1000 BCE) (confident)
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir IV

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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