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Isin

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny

Last modified Nov 28, 2022 06:00 AM — History

tags: Sumerian, ANE, Babylonian

Romanized Name(s):
Isin

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:

3rd millennium BC (3000-2000 BCE) (confident)
2nd Millennium BCE (2000-1000 BCE) (confident)
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (less confident)

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 B2 Isin

Details: