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Ekišnugal

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 28, 2018 11:00 AM

tags: ANE

The temple of the moon god Nanna/Suen/Sîn at Ur from the third to first millennium B.C. Over the course of its long history, it was rebuilt (and expanded) numerous times. A few of its more famous builders were Narām-Sîn of Agade, Ur-Nammu of Ur, and Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/663286875

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.9622759991, 46.1043158994

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Ekišnugal (2335 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Egišnugal (Sumerian, 2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekišnugal (Sumerian, 2335 BC - 540 BC)

Ekišnugal makes connections with:

Ekišnugal located at Ur(i) (2335 BC - 540 BC)

Ekišnugal receives connections from:

Eganunmah part of (physical/topographic) Ekišnugal (2335 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ekišnugal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/663286875> [accessed: 07 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/663286875 |title=Places: 663286875 (Ekišnugal) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=July 7, 2025 6:43 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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