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abul Igīgī ša Šamaš

a Pleiades name resource

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Everyday/common name of the gate during the reign of Sennacherib's grandson Ashurbanipal. The name means "Igīgū-god Gate of Šamaš."

Romanized Name(s):
abul Igīgī ša Šamaš

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:

RLAss 9 401

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The name of the gate that is mentioned in an Akkadian text discovered at Sultantepe. The text dates to the reign of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

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