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Emah

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The temple of the goddess Ninmah/Bēlet-ilī, Emah (“Exalated House”), was located in the Ka-dingirra district (modern Kasr) of Babylon. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, this was one of four temples in that part of the city, which was located in the northern part of the eastern half of Babylon. Emah was rebuilt by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (r. 668–ca. 631 BC) and the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452038953

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5432818094, 44.4232543759

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Emah (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Emah (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Bēlet-ilī (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Ninhursagga (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Ninmah (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Emah makes connections with:

Emah located near Ay-ibūr-šabû (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah abuts Imgur-Enlil (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah located near Ištar Gate (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah located near Nēmed-Enlil (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah located near Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II (720 BC - 540 BC)

Emah receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

This 1750 m² temple was excavated by Hormuzd Rassam in 1880, Robert Koldewey in 1900, and Iraqi archaeologists in 1961–62.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Emah: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452038953> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452038953 |title=Places: 452038953 (Emah) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 1:00 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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