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Emesikila

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The temple of the god Amurru, Emesikila (“House of Pure Me’s”), was located in the Kumar district of Babylon, in the western half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of seven temples in that part of Babylon. Emesikila is mentioned in Old Babylonian sources.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607767545

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.535049475, 44.420213075

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Emesikila (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Amurru (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)

Emesikila makes connections with:

Emesikila part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Emesikila part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)

Emesikila receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, temple

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir IV

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Emesikila: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607767545> [accessed: 24 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/607767545 |title=Places: 607767545 (Emesikila) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 24, 2024 2:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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