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Ešaan

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The “temple of the god Anu” is referred to by the Sumerian name Ešaan in the Götteradressbuch of Ashur (Recensions A and B). The ceremonial name means "House of the Midst of Heaven."

Romanized Name(s):
Ešaan

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:

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)

References:

Evidence:

BTTo GAB B

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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