355:) of the Esagil temple complex in Babylon, probably to the south of the main structure itself. Another socle of Mandanu located elsewhere within it, in the A-suda, was known as Edumununna, "house of the son of a prince." It is also possible that the Epirig, "house of the lion," which was located in the same complex, was dedicated to him.
328:. Andrew R. George points out that Mandanu and Ennugi occupied the same position in the respective courts of Marduk and Enlil, which according to him might explain the identical names of their temples. A gate located in Babylon, the Gate of Praise (
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Krebernik argues that while well attested as a courtier of Marduk, Mandanu might have originally belonged to the circle of Enlil, citing the occasional equation with
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perhaps to be connected with a reference to this god "going to Ḫursagkalamma" (Kish) known from a commentary on the
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Enigerimnudib, "house which lets not evil pass," was located in the grand court (
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