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Igisigsig-mušammeh-ṣippāti

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE

Akkadian ceremonial name of the gate, which means "The God Igisigsig Is the One Who Makes Orchards Flourish."

Romanized Name(s):
Igisigsig-mušammeh-ṣippāti

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 3 Sennacherib 018 (Q003492)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Igisigsig-mušammeh-ṣippāti was originally the Akkadian ceremonial name of the Gate of the Garden, before it became the Sîn Gate.

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