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Elugalgalgasisa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 12, 2018 08:17 AM — History

tags: ANE

The ziggurat of the god Sîn at Ur. The Sumerian ceremonial name Elugalgalgasisa means "House of the King who Lets Counsel Flourish". The platform temple was originally built during the Early Bronze Age and was then restored in the sixth century B.C. by King Nabonidus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/284453587

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.9627786468, 46.1032502169

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Ziggurat of Ur (2335 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Ziggurat of Ur (English, modern)

Elugalgalgasisa makes connections with:

Elugalgalgasisa located at Ur(i) (2335 BC - 540 BC)

Elugalgalgasisa receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Elugalgalgasisa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/284453587> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/284453587 |title=Places: 284453587 (Elugalgalgasisa) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 9:37 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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