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Kumar

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 28, 2021 11:31 AM — History

tags: ANE, Babylonian

According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon, Kumar was one of the four city districts of the western half of the inner city of Babylon and it contained seven temples.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/633091639

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.532802, 44.415448

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Representative location of Kumar (2000 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Kumar (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 30 BC)

Kumar makes connections with:

Kumar part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)

Kumar receives connections from:

Bāb-Lugalerra bounds Kumar (2000 BC - 30 BC)
Edikukalama part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Ekadima part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (720 BC - 540 BC)
Emesikila part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Enamhe part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Enamtila part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Euphrates (river) bounds Kumar (2000 BC - 30 BC)
Eʾesirkalama part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (720 BC - 540 BC)
Eʾešmah part of (physical/topographic) Kumar (720 BC - 540 BC)
Tuba bounds Kumar (1600 BC - 30 BC)
nu-x-ù bounds Kumar (1600 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
district

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

George 1992 16–21, 23, 27–29, 325–330, 379–380

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Kumar is the central district of the eastern part of the western half of the inner city of Babylon. It is bounded by the Arahtu River on the east, by the Bāb-Lugalerra district on the north, by the nu-x-ù district on the west, and by the Tuba district on the south. According to Tintir = Babylon IV (lines 34–40), the temples Enamtila, Eešmah, Ekadima, Emesikilla, Edikukalama, Eʾesirkalama, Enamhe were located in this part of Babylon. According to Tintir = Babylon V (line 100), the western and eastern limits of Kumar were the Akus Gate and the temple Enamtila, which probably was located close to the western bank of the Arahtu River. The district is first attested in the Old Babylonian Period.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Kumar: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/633091639> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/633091639 |title=Places: 633091639 (Kumar) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 8:10 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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