ajjakku
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Variant: ajjaku, ējaku, jāku, ajakku
Meanings:
(a type of sanctuary)
de:German: Deutsch (ein Heiligtum)
Distribution: OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), MB-Bo.MB-Bo.: Middle Babylonian texts from Boğazköy/Hattuša (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Sum.Sumerian ＜ é-an-na (/haj-an-ak/), “house of heaven”.
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina a-ia-ki-im ušakkal Ištar CUSAS 10, 7: 12 SEAL “he feeds Ištar in the Eanna”. Cf. a-⸢ia⸣-ki-im ib. 15. new
Discussion
Almost exlusively as sanctuary or temple of goddesses.