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bīt Anim

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The “everyday” Akkadian name for the Anu temple at Assur.

Romanized Name(s):
bīt Anim

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:

Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC) (less confident and inferred (i.e., no contemporary evidence))
Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (confident, but inferred (i.e., no contemporary evidence))
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident, but inferred (i.e., no contemporary evidence))
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

BTTo GAB B

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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