Kidmuri Temple
ANE
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).
RINAP 5 Ashurbanipal 010 (Q003709)
RLAss 9 409-410
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 016 (Q003490)
2018-02-06T06:02:16-05:00
Pleiades
Kidmuri Temple
bīt Kidmuri
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).
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
Everyday/common Akkadian name of the temple.
-540
bīt Kidmuri
2018-02-06T06:02:15-05:00
-1000
Pleiades
ANE
bīt Kidmuri
Period as defined by Jamie Novotny
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC)
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
RLAss 409-410
RINAP 3 Sennacherib 016 (Q003490)
The representative, estimated location of the temple is based on Reade, RLA 9 (2000), 391, fig. 2.
-540
RLAss 9 391 fig. 2
ANE
-1000
Pleiades
Representative Location after Reade
2018-02-06T06:02:16-05:00
unlocated