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Akitu or
Akitum (Sumerian: 𒀉𒆠𒋾, romanized: a-ki-ti) (Akkadian: 𒀉𒆠𒌈, romanized:
akītu(m)) is a
spring festival and New Year's celebration, held on...
- the
first came in 1952 and
written by
Nimrod Simono and
dealt with the
Akitu festival, then an
article by Jean
Alkhas in 1955 (April,
issue 34) fixed...
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Akitu festival in Babylon, and
Sargon II made
Babylon his
temporary residence while Dur-Sharrukin was
under construction and took part in the
Akitu....
- also
known as
Resha d-Sheta (Syriac: ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ, "Head of the year") and as
Akitu (ܐܟܝܬܘ), or ****yrian New Year,[unreliable source?] is the
spring festival...
- the
Babylonians celebrated the New Year
during a 12-day
festival called Akitu (starting with the
vernal equinox). This was the
start of the
farming season...
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connection between the
Babylonian festival Akitu and Rosh Hashanah, as
there are some
striking similarities. The
Akitu festival of Ur was
celebrated in the...
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Antonio Tempesta, 1610 The
Tower of
Babel by
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563
Akitu Cities of the
ancient Near East
Euphrates Tunnel –
Legendary tunnel under...
- K****ite date is also
sometimes proposed. It may have been
recited during the
Akitu festival. Some late ****yrian
versions replace Marduk with Ashur. Before...
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Sumerian goddess Inanna (later
known as Ishtar) from the underworld, in the
Akitu ceremony, with
parades through the
Ishtar Gate to the
Eanna temple and the...
- in Babylonia, and
several traditionally Babylonian rituals, such as the
akitu festival, were
borrowed in the north. Ashur's role as the
chief deity was...
