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Ka-dingirra

a Pleiades place resource

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According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon, Ka-dingirra was one of the six city districts of the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon and it contained four temples. Ka-dingirra is also a name of Babylon itself.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54136920

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5407, 44.421146

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Representative location of Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ka-dingirra (Sumerian, 1600 BC - 30 BC)

Ka-dingirra makes connections with:

Ka-dingirra part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Ka-dingirra bounds New City/Newtown (1600 BC - 30 BC)

Ka-dingirra receives connections from:

Ay-ibūr-šabû part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ehilikalamma part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emah part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emašdari part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Eniggidrukalamasuma part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Eridu bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Euphrates (river) bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Imgur-Enlil bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
Ištar Gate bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
North Palace at Babylon located near Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II part of (physical/topographic) Ka-dingirra (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
district

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir I

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Ka-dingirra is the northern district of the western part of the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon. It is bounded by the Eridu district on the south, by the Arahtu River on the west, by the walls Imgur-Enlil and Nēmetti-Enlil (with access in and out of the inner city by the Ištar Gate) on the north, and the New City district on the east. According to Tintir = Babylon IV (lines 15–18), there were four temples in Ka-dingirra. These were: Eniggidrukalamasuma, Emašdari, Ehilikalamma, and Emah, all four of which have been excavated. Moreover, the traditional royal residence, the so-called South Palace (or Old Palace), was located in this part of Babylon; Nebuchadnezzar II built a new royal residence (the so-called North Palace) immediately to the north. According to Tintir = Babylon V (line 94), the southern and northern limits of Ka-dingirra were the Grand Gate and Ištar Gate.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ka-dingirra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54136920> [accessed: 18 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/54136920 |title=Places: 54136920 (Ka-dingirra) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 18, 2024 2:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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