Nabû temple (Khorsabad)
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Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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History
The eighth-century-BC Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) had a temple to the god Nabû, the god of scribes, built in the citadel of his new capital, Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad). Building H is the largest temple in Sargon’s newly-constructed city and it was built on a platform in the western side of the citadel, rather than on the palace terrace. The Nabû temple was connected to the temple district, which formed part of Sargon’s royal residence, by a stone bridge.
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- Representative Locations:
- Representative location of Building H (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Building H (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Nabû temple (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Nabû temple (Khorsabad) connection Dur-Sharrukin (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Nabû temple (Khorsabad) located near Egalgabarinutukua (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Nabû temple (Khorsabad) located near Khorsabad Citadel Gate A (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 1 located in Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Dur-Šarrukin Archive 2 located in Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Residence J abuts Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Residence K abuts Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Khorsabad Residence M located near Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ningal temple (Khorsabad) located near Nabû temple (Khorsabad) (720 BC - 540 BC)
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Inscribed paving slabs discovered in situ identify Building H as the Nabû temple. The fourteen-line Akkadian inscription written on those pving stones, however, do not record the temple's ancient name.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nabû temple (Khorsabad) : a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/508774533> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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