Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Geography & dioceses States, regions and cities

Eridu

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Also known as: Tell Abu Shahrain

ERIDU. - A very ancient Sumerian city on the shore of the Persian Gulf, of little importance, however, in the politics of Babylonia, but of great importance instead in the religion of the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Assyrians, because it was the seat of the god Ea, a deity of the water and among the most prominent of the ancient Mesopotamian pantheon. Ea was worshiped there in a famous temple, provided with a great apsû, that is, with a broad basin of holy water that served for the purifications and the exorcisms of the priests of the god. Adapa, hero of the myth of the same name, was a priest of E.

Giuseppe Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 494.

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Furlani, Giuseppe. “Eridu.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 494. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/eridu.

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Furlani, Giuseppe. “Eridu.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 494. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/eridu.

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@incollection{ec5_eridu,
  author    = {Furlani, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Eridu},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {494},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/eridu}
}

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