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Kammanu

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Meliddu was also called Kammanu.

Romanized Name(s):
Kammanu

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:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 132
Wikipedia (English) Kammanu

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Melid is referred to as both Melid and Kammanu in the inscriptions of the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC).

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