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Bīt-Purutaš

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Name in royal inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC).

Romanized Name(s):
Bīt-Purutaš

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:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (less confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 52-53

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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