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Representative location of the Kidmuri temple

a Pleiades location resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The representative location of the Kidmuri temple at Kalhu is based on the visible remains of the (partially) excavated Šarrat-niphi temple and those of the Northwest palace. The nineteenth-century excavation pit can no longer be seen today from satellite imagery.

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Feature type:
temple

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 43.328448, 36.100316 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Traces

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Google Earth and Partners Imagery 2016 and following

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The temple was partially excavated by H. Rassam in 1878. Old aerial photographs show that the large pit in which Rassam found the Kidmuri temple. The excavation pit no longer be seen today from satellite imagery. The temple was about 20 m east of the northeast corner of the Northwest palace.

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Representative location of the Kidmuri temple