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bīt Bēl-mātāti
Enamtila
Babylonian
ANE
The temple of the god Bēl-mātāti (Enlil), Enamtila (“House of Life”), was located in the Kumar district of Babylon, in the western half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of seven temples in that part of Babylon. Enamtila is mentioned in Old Babylonian and Kassite Period texts.
Pleiades
Enamtila
BTTo Tintir IV
BTTo Tintir V
George 2004 130–131 no. 849
George 1992 16–18, 20 fig. 3, 24 fig. 4, 29, 325–326
Enamtila
The temple of the god Bēl-mātāti (Enlil), Enamtila (“House of Life”), was located in the Kumar district of Babylon, in the western half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of seven temples in that part of Babylon. Enamtila is mentioned in Old Babylonian and Kassite Period texts.
temple
A temple as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus term 300007595: "Buildings housing places devoted to the worship of a deity or deities. In the strictest sense, it refers to the dwelling place of a deity, and thus often houses a cult image. In modern usage a temple is generally a structure, but it was originally derived from the Latin "templum" and historically has referred to an uncovered place affording a view of the surrounding region. For Christian or Islamic religious buildings the terms "churches" or "mosques" are generally used, but an exception is that "temples" is used for Protestant, as opposed to Roman Catholic, places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions.
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Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC)
Period as defined by Jamie Novotny
Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC)
Middle Assyrian/Middle Babylonian/Kassite Mesopotamia, LBA-Early Iron Age Mesopotamia, incl. Sea Peoples [[-1600,-1000]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
ME [[-720,-540]]
Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC)
Mesopotamia [[-2000,-1600]]
bīt Bēl-mātāti
Babylonian
ANE
-540
Everyday Akkadian name of “the temple of the god Bēl-mātāti” (Enamtila).
Pleiades
bīt Bēl-mātāti
-2000
BTTo Tintir IV
unlocated
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Babylonian
ANE
-540
The proposed location of Enamtila is based on George 1992: 24 fig. 4, as well as a plan of the ruins of Babylon, with 500 m UTM coordinates.
Pleiades
Proposed location of Enamtila
-2000
George 1992 24 fig. 4
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Enamtila
Babylonian
ANE
-540
The Sumerian ceremonial name Enamtila means “House of Life.”
Pleiades
Enamtila
-2000
BTTo Tintir IV