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Eamaškuga

a Pleiades place resource

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The temple of the goddess Ningal at Kissik. The Sumerian ceremonial name Eamaškuga means "House, Pure Sheepfold."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978492068

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.774, 46.3659

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Eamaškuga (Sumerian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Eamaškuga makes connections with:

Less than certain: Eamaškuga connection Tell al-Lahm (720 BC - 540 BC)

Eamaškuga receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, temple

References:

See Further:

George 2004 66 no. 61

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus states that he rebuilt the temple.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Eamaškuga: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978492068> [accessed: 02 February 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978492068 |title=Places: 978492068 (Eamaškuga) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=February 2, 2025 12:38 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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