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Ekagula

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The dais of the Anunnakū gods, Ekagula (“House, Big Gate”), was located in the TE.E (read as either Tê or Kisīri) district of Babylon, in the eastern half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of two daises in that part of Babylon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/764089567

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.535769475, 44.429547575

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ekagula (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- parak Anunnakī (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekagula makes connections with:

Ekagula part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ekagula part of (physical/topographic) TE.E (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ekagula receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, shrine

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir IV

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ekagula: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/764089567> [accessed: 24 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/764089567 |title=Places: 764089567 (Ekagula) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 24, 2024 1:34 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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