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ālum eššum ṣīt šamšim

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

Akkadian name of the "New City in the east" district of Babylon mentioned in late Old Babylonian commercial documents.

Romanized Name(s):
ālum eššum ṣīt šamšim

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) (confident)

References:

See Further:

George 1992 376

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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