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Sirara

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 30, 2018 11:02 AM — History

tags: ANE

Probably the name of the temple district of the city, as inferred from an inscription of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

Romanized Name(s):
Sirara

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:

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The name appears on inscribed bricks of Ashurbanipal discovered in the temple of Nergal.