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Eridu

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon, Eridu was one of the six city districts of the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon and it contained thirteen temples (including Esagila) and the ziggurat Etemenanki. Eridu is also a name of Babylon itself.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54136919

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.53632775, 44.42108445

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Representative centerpoint of Eridu (1600 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Eridu (Sumerian, 1600 BC - 30 BC)

Eridu makes connections with:

Eridu part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 330 BC)
Eridu bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Eridu bounds Kullab (1600 BC - 30 BC)

Eridu receives connections from:

Ay-ibūr-šabû part of (physical/topographic) Eridu (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ekarzagina part of (physical/topographic) Eridu (720 BC - 540 BC)
Esagila part of (physical/topographic) Eridu (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Etemenanki part of (physical/topographic) Eridu (720 BC - 330 BC)
Euphrates (river) bounds Eridu (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Šuanna bounds Eridu (1600 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
district

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Evidence:

See Further:

George 1992 23–25, 251–253, 294–310, 372–373

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Eridu is the central district of the western part of the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon. It is bounded on the south by the Šuanna district, on the north by the Ka-dingirra district, and on the east by the Kullab district. Its western limit is the Arahtu River. As the city’s religious center, Eridu is home to thirteen temples and the ziggurat Etemenanki. According to Tintir = Babylon IV (lines 1–14), these religious buildings were: Esagila, Etemenanki, Ekarzagina, Erabriri, Egalmaḫ, Enamtaggaduḫa, Ealtila, Eturkalama, Enitena, Esagdilannagidrutuku, Ezidagišnugal, Egišlanki Eguzalamah, and Esaggašara. According to Tintir = Babylon V (line 92), the southern and northern limits of Eridu were the Market Gate and Grand Gate.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Eridu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54136919> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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