Egišlamšaršar
a Pleiades
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History
The “ziggurat of the god Adad” is referred to by the Sumerian name Egišlamšaršar in the Götteradressbuch of Ashur (Recensions A and B). The ceremonial name means "House Where Heaven and Underworld Mingle."
Egišlamšaršar
Sumerian
geographic name
accurate
complete
Certain
- Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (less confident and inferred (i.e., no contemporary evidence))
- Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (less confident and inferred (i.e., no contemporary evidence))
- Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
- Evidence:
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