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bīt Ea-šarru u Damkina

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Sumerian ceremonial name of the Ea-Damkina temple is not attested in extant Assyrian texts. The building is known only by its common, everyday name, “the temple of the god Ea-šarru and the goddess Damkina.”

Romanized Name(s):
bīt Ea-šarru u Damkina

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:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

RIAo Ashurnasirpal II 030

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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