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Emašmaš

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 07, 2018 02:44 PM — History

tags: ANE

The most important temple in the citadel of Nineveh was dedicated to the city's tutelary deity, the goddess Ištar. The temple was located in the center of the citadel and went by the Sumerian ceremonial name Emašmaš (meaning uncertain).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/763257295

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.3594193, 43.1527334

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of the Ishtar Temple (3000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Emašmaš (Sumerian, 2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Emesmes (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Ištar (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)

Emašmaš makes connections with:

Emašmaš located near Citadel Gate (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Emašmaš located near Citadel Wall of Nineveh (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Emašmaš located at Nineveh/Ninos (3000 BC - 540 BC)

Emašmaš receives connections from:

Ekituškuga located near Emašmaš (2335 BC - 540 BC)
Ezida located near Emašmaš (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Kidmuri Temple located near Emašmaš (1000 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Ashurbanipal located near Emašmaš (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Naqi'a located near Emašmaš (720 BC - 540 BC)
Palace of Sennacherib located near Emašmaš (720 BC - 540 BC)
Sîn-Šamaš Temple located near Emašmaš (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The temple dates back to at least the third millennium B.C. and from the archaeological and textual records it had a long and detailed building history. Akkadian sources provide evidence for the following Akkadian and Assyrian kings rebuilding or repairing Emašmaš: Man-ištušu, Šamšī-Adad I, Aššur-uballiṭ I, Shalmaneser I, Tukultī-Ninurta I, Aššur-rēša-iši I, Tiglath-pileser I, Ashurnasirpal I, Šamšī-Adad IV, Ashurnasirpal II, Sargon II, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal. The Old Babylonian king Hammu-rapi also refers to this temple of Ištar in his now-famous law code.

The temple was excavated 1851-54, 1873-74, 1878-82, and 1929-32.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Emašmaš: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/763257295> [accessed: 23 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/763257295 |title=Places: 763257295 (Emašmaš) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 23, 2024 4:46 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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