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Esag

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The Sumerian ceremonial name Esag means “Foremost House.”

Romanized Name(s):
Esag

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:

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

References:

Evidence:

BTTo Tintir IV

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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