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Governor's Palace

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The ancient name of the building is not known. The Governor's Palace is a modern designation given to it by its excavators since numerous of cuneiform tablets inscribed with Akkadian texts recording the activities of several governors were discovered in the north wing.

Romanized Name(s):
Governor's Palace

Name as attested:

Language:
English

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:

twentieth century of the common era (confident)
twenty-first century of the common era (confident)

References:

See Further:

RLAss Kalhu §26

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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