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Kišesim

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Possibly the name of Najafabad in the eighth century BC.

Romanized Name(s):
Kišesim

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Less certain

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/3-1 348-349

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The discovery of a stele of the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) at Najafabad might indicate that the ancient name of the place, at least in the eighth century BC, might have been Kišesim. This is by no means certain.

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