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Enirgalana

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 27, 2018 08:05 AM — History

tags: ANE

The cella/shrine of the goddess Ištar in the Eanna temple at Uruk. The Sumerian ceremonial name Enirgalana means "House of the Prince of Heaven."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/612591680

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.32341925, 45.6395381

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Enirgalana (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Enirgalana makes connections with:

Enirgalana part of (physical/topographic) Eanna (720 BC - 540 BC)
Enirgalana located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (720 BC - 540 BC)

Enirgalana receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, shrine

References:

See Further:

George 2004 134 no. 901

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Enirgalana was rebuilt by the Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. Although Eanna has been excavated, there is insufficient evidence to precisely locate Enirgalana within the temple complex.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Enirgalana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/612591680> [accessed: 26 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/612591680 |title=Places: 612591680 (Enirgalana) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 26, 2024 9:42 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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