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Nēreb-masnaqti-adnāte

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Akkadian ceremonial name for the Citadel Gate, which means "Entrance to the Place Where the World Is Controlled."

Romanized Name(s):
Nēreb-masnaqti-adnāte

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:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

RINAP 5 Ashurbanipal 011 (Q003710)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The name is attested in Akkadian inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

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