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Eamkurkurra

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Eamkurkurra was the name of Aššur temple during the reign of the Old Assyrian king Šamšī-Adad I. The Sumerian ceremonial name means “House, Wild Bull of the Lands.”

Romanized Name(s):
Eamkurkurra

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:

Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

RIAo Šamši-Adad I 01

See Further:

George 2004 66 no. 56

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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