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Eḫursaggalkurkurra

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Eḫursaggalkurkurra was the name of Aššur's cella. Sometimes, however, that name was used for the entire temple, for example, in inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC). The Sumerian ceremonial name means “House of the Great Mountain of the Lands.”

Romanized Name(s):
Eḫursaggalkurkurra

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:

RIAo Ashurbanipal 010

See Further:

George 2004 100 no. 479

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

In Assyrian royal inscriptions, this Sumerian name is attested during the reigns of Sargon II, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal.

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