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Ashur/‘Lamban’?/‘Liba(nai)’?

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There is archaeological evidence of a ziggurat, a temple-tower, at Assur dedicated to the god Aššur (and his manifestation as the god Enlil) from the first half of the second millennium BC, probably starting in the reign of the Old Assyrian ruler Šamšī-Adad I (ca. 1808–1776 BC), onwards.


Ashur/‘Lamban’?/‘Liba(nai)’?

located at

Certain

  • Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC) (confident)
  • Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (confident)
  • Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
  • Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

Proleptic Julian years prior to establishment of the Gregorian calendar



Evidence:

Pleiades