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Egidrukalamasumu

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Sumerian ceremonial name of the temple of the god Nabû of the ḫarû at Assur is Egidrukalamasumu, which means “House Which Bestows the Scepter of the Land.” The name is based on the Nabû of the ḫarû temple at Babylon

Romanized Name(s):
Egidrukalamasumu

Name as attested:

Language:
Sumerian

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:

Evidence:

BTTo GAB A

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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