Ekurnizu

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 28, 2018 03:53 PM — History

tags: ANE

The sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil at Ḫursagkalama (Tell Ingharra). The Sumerian ceremonial name Ekurnizu means "House, Fearsome Mountain."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/667048534

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5463817, 44.5922959

Locations:

None

Names:

Ekurnizu (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekurnizu makes connections with:

Ekurnizu at Kish (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekurnizu receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, sanctuary (religious center)

References:

See Further:

George 2004 117 number 690

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The temple is mentioned in an inscription of Iddin-Nergal, the governor of Kish during the reign of the Babylonian king Marduk-apla-iddina II.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ekurnizu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/667048534> [accessed: 05 December 2019]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/667048534 |title=Places: 667048534 (Ekurnizu) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=December 5, 2019 10:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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