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Ištar-sākipat-tēbîša

a Pleiades name resource

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The Akkadian ceremonial name of the Ištar Gate means "The goddess Ištar Overthrows her Assailant." This name is mentioned in the East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II and in Tablet V of the series Tintir = Babylon.

Romanized Name(s):
Ištar-sākipat-tēbîša

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

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:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

George 1992 66-67, 339-341

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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