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Eanna

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies

Last modified Feb 12, 2026 11:23 AM — History

tags: ANE

The temple of the god Anu and the goddess Ištar at Uruk. The Sumerian ceremonial name Eanna means "House of Heaven."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/996877399

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.3243321, 45.6402127

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Eanna district (3000 BC - 100 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Eanna (Sumerian, 3000 BC - 100 BC)

Eanna makes connections with:

Eanna located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (3000 BC - 100 BC)

Eanna receives connections from:

Ehiliana part of (physical/topographic) Eanna (1600 BC - 540 BC)
Enirgalana part of (physical/topographic) Eanna (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, and Sean Gillies, 'Eanna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/996877399> [accessed: 11 April 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/996877399 |title=Places: 996877399 (Eanna) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 11, 2026 11:52 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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