Eridu

settlement · 1600 BC – 30 BC

According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon, Eridu was one of the six city districts of the eastern half of the inner city of Babylon and it contained thirteen temples (including Esagila) and the ziggurat Etemenanki. Eridu is also a name of Babylon itself.

Coordinates

32.53633, 44.42108

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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