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bīt Enlil u Ninurta

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

One Akkadian inscription of the ninth-century-BC Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) refers to the Ninurta temple as the "temple of the gods Enlil and Ninurta."

Romanized Name(s):
bīt Enlil u Ninurta

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:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

RIAo RIAo Ashurnasirpal II 028

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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