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Eridu

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tags: ANE, Babylonian

The Arahtu River (modern Šaṭṭ al-Ḥillah) bounds the western side of this city district of Babylon.

Details:

Makes a connection with:
Eridu

Connection type:
bounds

Association Certainty:
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)

Temporal Constraints:
Proleptic Julian years prior to establishment of the Gregorian calendar

Not before:

Not after:

References:

See Further:

George 1992 24 fig. 4

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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