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Šuanna

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

A bi-name of Babylon (starting in the twelfth century BC) and the name of a city district in the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon.

Romanized Name(s):
Šuanna

Name as attested:

Language:
Sumerian

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:

Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (confident)
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

George 1992 241–243, 373–375

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

For further information on the name, see George 1992: 241–243.

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