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Kidmuri Temple

a Pleiades place resource

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The bīt Kidmuri is one of the temples located in the citadel of Nineveh. Its Sumerian ceremonial name is not preserved in extant cuneiform sources. Although the temple's exact location remains unknown, it is generally believed to have been between the temple of the goddess Ištar (Emašmaš) and the Citadel Gate (East Gate).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/331679526

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.359502, 43.153696

Locations:

Representative Location after Reade (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Names:

bīt Kidmuri (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)

Kidmuri Temple makes connections with:

Less than certain: Kidmuri Temple near Akītu-Temple of Ištar (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple near Citadel Gate (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple near Ekituškuga (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple near Emašmaš (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple near Ezida (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple at Nineveh/Ninos (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Kidmuri Temple receives connections from:

Palace of Sennacherib near Kidmuri Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)
Sîn-Šamaš Temple connection Kidmuri Temple (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Ashurbanipal near Kidmuri Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Naqi'a near Kidmuri Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
unlocated, temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The temple may be mentioned in a decree of the Assyrian king Adad-nārārī III. Several inscriptions of the 7th century king Sennacherib mention its tower in relation to the old South-West Palace, the one that had existed prior to his reign. Those Akkadian texts seem to imply that it was located near the Citadel Gate. Sennacherib's grandson Ashurbanipal restored the cult and cult statue of Šarrat-Kidmuri, presumably the one in Nineveh.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Kidmuri Temple: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/331679526> [accessed: 28 March 2020]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/331679526 |title=Places: 331679526 (Kidmuri Temple) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=March 28, 2020 11:58 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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