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bīt Šarrat-niphi

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Sumerian ceremonial name of the Šarrat-niphi temple is not attested in extant Assyrian texts. The building is known only by its common, everyday name, “the temple of the goddess Šarrat-niphi.”

Romanized Name(s):
bīt Šarrat-niphi

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:

RIAo Ashurnasirpal II 028

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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