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Fort Shalmaneser

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Fort Shalmaneser is the name given to the palatial complex in the southeastern corner of the city Kalhu (biblical Calah) by its excavators. The ancient name of the ēkal māšarti (‘review palace’) is not known.

Romanized Name(s):
Fort Shalmaneser

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:

Nimrud Project 2013-2014

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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