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Ehiliana

a Pleiades place resource

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The shrine/cella of the goddess Nanāya in the Eanna temple at Uruk. The Sumerian ceremonial name Ehiliana means "House of the Luxuriance of Heaven."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/810410821

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.32341925, 45.6395381

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ehiliana (Sumerian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)

Ehiliana makes connections with:

Ehiliana part of (physical/topographic) Eanna (1600 BC - 540 BC)
Ehiliana located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (1600 BC - 540 BC)

Ehiliana receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, shrine

References:

See Further:

George 2004 98-99 number 459

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The temple was rebuilt by Nazi-Maruttaš, Erība-Marduk, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ehiliana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/810410821> [accessed: 24 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/810410821 |title=Places: 810410821 (Ehiliana) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 24, 2024 10:23 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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