Sîn-Šamaš Temple
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Feb 05, 2018 08:42 AM
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One of the temples in the citadel of Nineveh that was dedicated to the moon-god Sîn and the sun-god Šamaš. Its Sumerian ceremonial name is not preserved in extant cuneiform sources and its exact location remains unknown. The temple is generally believed to have been east of the temples of Ištar (Emašmaš) and Nabû (Ezida) and south of the North Palace (palace of Ashurbanipal).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/588149003
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- Sîn-Šamaš Temple (English, modern)
- bīt Sîn Ningal Šamaš u Aya (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Akītu-Temple of Ištar (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Citadel Gate (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Ekituškuga (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Emašmaš (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Ezida (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple connection Kidmuri Temple (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sîn-Šamaš Temple located at Nineveh/Ninos (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Ashurbanipal located near Sîn-Šamaš Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Naqi'a located near Sîn-Šamaš Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Sennacherib located near Sîn-Šamaš Temple (720 BC - 540 BC)
unlocated, temple
Pleiades
The temple was worked on by the following Neo-Assyrian kings: Ashurnasirpal II, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sîn-Šamaš Temple: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/588149003> [accessed: 16 February 2025]
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