Editing Anah (section)

==Name==
The town was called '''<sup>(d)</sup>Ha-na-at{{sup|KI}}''' in cuneiform texts from the [[Old Babylonian period]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Excavations at ʻĀna, Qalʻa island|last=Northedge, Alastair.|date=1988|publisher=Published for the British School of Archaeology in Iraq and the Directorate of Antiquities by Aris & Phillips Ltd|others=Northedge, Alastair., Bamber, Andrina., Roaf, Michael.|isbn=978-0856684258|location=Warminster, England|oclc=24430256}}</ref> '''A-na-at''' of the land [[Suhum]] by the scribes of [[Tukulti-Ninurta II|Tukulti-Ninurta]] {{c.|lk=no|885}}&nbsp;BC,<ref>{{cite book |author=Albert Kirk Grayson |url=https://archive.org/details/assyrian-rulers-of-the-early-first-millennium-bc-i-1114-859-bc |title=Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC) |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1991 |pages=38, 43, 174}}</ref> and '''An-at''' by the scribes of [[Assur-nasir-pal II]] in 879&nbsp;BC.<ref>{{cite book |author=Albert Kirk Grayson |url=https://archive.org/details/assyrian-rulers-of-the-early-first-millennium-bc-i-1114-859-bc |title=Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC) |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1991 |pages=213}}</ref>{{sfnp|Hogg|1911}} The name has been connected with the widely worshipped war goddess [[Anat]].{{sfnp|Hogg|1911}} It was known as '''Anathō''' ({{langx|grc|Άναθω}}){{what?|date=February 2024}}<!--where's the accent?--> to [[Isidore Charax]] and '''Anatha''' to [[Ammianus Marcellinus]]; early Arabic writers described it variously as '''ʾĀna''' or (as if plural) '''ʾĀnāt'''.{{sfnp|Hogg|1911}}{{what?|date=February 2024}}<!--Arabic script-->