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Sebetti temple (Kalhu)
Nimrud Project 2013-2014
Oates 2004 107–110
RLAss Kalhu §10
Reade 2002
Pleiades
When Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) became the principal administrative center of the Assyrian Empire in the ninth century BC, king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) built (or rebuilt) numerous temples. One of those was dedicated to the divine Sebetti. The location of this building is not known.
Assyrian
ANE
bīt Sebetti
When Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) became the principal administrative center of the Assyrian Empire in the ninth century BC, king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) built (or rebuilt) numerous temples. One of those was dedicated to the divine Sebetti. The location of this building is not known.
Sebetti temple (Kalhu)
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.
temple
unlocated
-720
bīt Sebetti
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bīt Sebetti
-1000
Period as defined by Jamie Novotny
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC)
RIAo Ashurnasirpal II 030
Pleiades
The Sumerian ceremonial name of the Sebetti temple is not attested in extant Assyrian texts. The building is known only by its common, everyday name, “the temple of the divine Sebetti.”
Assyrian
ANE