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Earattakišarra

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

According to Recension B of the Götteradressbuch of Ashur, the Sumerian, ceremonial name of the ziggurat was Earattakišarra, which means “House, Mountain/Noblest of the Universe.”

Romanized Name(s):
Earattakišarra

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 GAB B

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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