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Šamaš temple (Khorsabad)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 02, 2021 10:16 AM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

As part of the palatial complex of Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad), the eighth-century-BC Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) constructed six temples, including one to the god Šamaš.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305127729

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.508671, 43.227787

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Representative location of the Šamaš temple (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Šamaš temple (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) makes connections with:

Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) abuts Adad temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) part of (physical/topographic) Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) next place in route Ea temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) part of (physical/topographic) Egalgabarinutukua (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) located near Khorsabad Residence M (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) located near Sîn temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) receives connections from:

Ningal temple (Khorsabad) abuts Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ninurta temple (Khorsabad) abuts Šamaš temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Six inscribed paving slabs were found in a wing of Sargon II’s palace that was mistakenly identified as a harem and those in-situ texts helped identify that part of the building as the palace’s religious quarter. The temple sector of Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad) comprised temples dedicated to the deities Adad, Ea (Ninšiku), Ningal, Ninurta, Sîn, and Šamaš. The multi-room temple of the god Šamaš, which was accessed from Courtyard XXVII, was identified from the Akkadian inscription (Frame, RINAP 2 online Sargon II 21) discovered in the doorway of Room 172 (Door Z´´). The ancient name of the temple is not known.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Šamaš temple (Khorsabad): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305127729> [accessed: 02 February 2025]

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