Esiskur

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE

The New Year's (Akītu) temple of the god Marduk outside Babylon. The Sumerian ceremonial name Esiskur means "House of the Sacrifice."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/76011693

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.53729695, 44.42497815

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

Esiskur makes connections with:

Esiskur located near Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)

Esiskur receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Esiskur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/76011693> [accessed: 12 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/76011693 |title=Places: 76011693 (Esiskur) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=November 12, 2024 7:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}