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Ekitušgirzal

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The temple of the goddess Bēlet-Eanna, Ekitušgirzal (“House, Abode of Joy”), was located in the New City district of Babylon, in the eastern half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of two temples in that part of Babylon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/576681909

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.542611, 44.426822

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Uncertain: Proposed location of Ekitušgirzal (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ekitušgirzal (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Bēlet-Eanna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekitušgirzal makes connections with:

Ekitušgirzal part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ekitušgirzal located near Kullab (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ekitušgirzal part of (physical/topographic) New City/Newtown (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekitušgirzal receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

According to Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV (line 22) and Tablet V (lines 95–96), Ekitušgirzal was located in the New City district of Babylon and was the easternmost landmark of the New City district and the westernmost landmark of the adjoining Kullab district. It is clear that the actual boundary between those two eastern city districts of Babylon was actually a little east of this temple of the goddess Bēlet-Eanna. Ekitušgirzal was located on the bank of the eastern canal.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ekitušgirzal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/576681909> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/576681909 |title=Places: 576681909 (Ekitušgirzal) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 8:14 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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