Nebuchadnezzar’s Akītu Cylinder: Anunnakū Assembly at Marduk’s Command
Exact-image reading of BM 33334 + BM 55433 / P523243: Igīgū and Anunnakū assemble at Marduk’s command during the New Year festival banquet.
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Nabonidus’s Emašdari Cylinder: Ištar as Princess of the Anunnakū
Exact-image reading of VA Bab 2971 / P518910: Ištar is exalted among the Igīgū and princess of the Anunnakū, while Nabonidus performs the temple rebuilding.
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Nabonidus’s Harran Stele: Heaven-Descent Language and the Anunnakū Under Divine Command
Exact-image reading of Harran H2A / P519077: Sîn came from heaven, while the Anunnakū later tremble before his command. The grammar does not say the Anunnakū descended.
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Nabopolassar’s Etemenanki Cylinder: Anunnakū Control, Measurement, and Building Knowledge
An exact-object reading of CBS 9090 / Q005365: Marduk controls the Anunnakū, followed by survey rods, ropes, a ground plan, tools, materials, and human Etemenanki labor.
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Neriglissar’s Esagil Wall: Anunnakū Lordship, Wisdom, and Exact Building Procedure
An exact-object, source-backed reading of BM 113233 / Q005386 ii 5–9: Marduk’s wisdom and Anunnakū lordship followed by a concrete Esagil wall repair.
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East India House Inscription: Anunnakū, Akītu, and Babylon’s Built Landscape
An exact-photo, source-backed reading of BM 129397 / Q005473 iv 7–12, where an akītu-house for Igīgū and Anunnakū celebration is built with bitumen and baked brick.
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Nabopolassar’s Imgur-Enlil: Q005362 Text and a Decoded Parallel Cylinder
The long Q005362 text is edition-level evidence; the available photograph is decoded only as the shorter parallel Q005360 and does not show Q005362’s Anunnakū passage.
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Sennacherib’s Seal of Destinies: Anunnaki, Treaty Oath, and Fixed Fate
A source-backed reading of Sennacherib 212, where Ashur's Seal of Destinies fixes the fate of the Igigu and Anunnaku and is impressed on Esarhaddon's succession oath tablets.
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Enuma Elish Tablet VI: Anunnaki, Human Labor, and the Building of Babylon
A source-backed reading of Enuma Elish Tablet VI, where humans are made to bear divine labor and the Anunnaki are organized, allotted shares, and shown building Babylon and Esagila.
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Atra-hasis: The Anunnaki Oath, the Flood Secret, and Enki’s Leak
A source-backed reading of CDLI P285811 / Atra-hasis, where the great Anunnaki decide together on oath and Enki preserves human life by leaking the flood secret.
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