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Marad

a Pleiades place resource

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

Contributors: P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Jun 13, 2023 11:28 AM — History

tags: ANE, dare:feature=major settlement, dare:major=1, dare:ancient=1, Babylonian

Marad (modern Tell Wannat es-Sadum), a city located ca. 60 km southeast of Babylon, was the cult center of the god Lugal-Marda; it is approximately halfway between Babylon and Isin, on the Arahtu canal. Details about the cultic topography of this settlement, which was established in the Early Dynastic Period (ca. 2700 BC), are known from a number of cuneiform sources, including Neo-Babylonian royal inscriptions, the so-called "Canonical Temple List," and two first-millennium-BC ziggurat lists. Marad's principal temple, Eigikalama, is attested from the Old Akkadian Period to Neo-Babylonian Period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912901

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.08143295, 44.7855561

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Marad (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall Ṣadūm (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Marad (750 BC - 30 BC)
- تل صدوم (Tall Ṣadūm: Arabic, modern)

Marad makes connections with:

None

Marad receives connections from:

Eigikalamma located at Marad (2335 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Related:

DARMC 21513

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 A1 Marad

Details:

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 A1 Marad. The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Wanna wa Sadun IRQ

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Suggested citation:
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Marad: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912901> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912901 |title=Places: 912901 (Marad) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke |accessdate=April 19, 2024 1:54 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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