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The sacred edifice, as the dwelling of the god to whom it is dedicated, leads to such names as E-Zida, 'the true house or fixed house, the famous temple to Nabu in Borsippa; E-dur-gina, 'the house of the established seat, a temple of Bel-sarbi in Baz; E-ki-dur -garza, 'the sacred dwelling, a temple to Nin-lil-anna in Babylon; E-kua, 'the dwelling-house, the name of the papakhu of Marduk in E-Sagila; E-gi-umunna, 'the permanent dwelling'; E-esh -gi, a shrine to Nin-girsu at Lagash with the same meaning, 'permanent house.
See Perrot and Chiplez, History of Art in Chaldea and Assyria, i. 75, 76. See the illustration in Snouck-Hurgronje Mekka, pl. I.e., of the god, E-Kua being the name of the sacred chamber in Marduk's temple at Babylon. See p. 629, note 1. See p. 60. See p. 282. The largest canal in Babylonia. E.g., ishakku.
Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, plan 2. Papakhu for Pakhpakhu, from the stem pakhû, "to close." Parakku, from Parâku, "to shut off, to lock." Inscription D, col. ii. l. 9. V. Rawlinson, pl. 60. See the chief passage, IR. 54, col. ii, ll. 54-65; another name is E-Kua, 'dwelling. See p. 423. VR. 50, col. i. l. 5. VR. 41, No. 1, Rev. 18. IVR. 57, 24a.
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