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Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur

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A double-temple dedicated to the moon-god Sîn and the sun-god Šamaš existed at the city Assur from the Old Assyrian period onwards. The plan of this holy structure changed several times over the course of its long history, most notably in the Neo-Assyrian period, in the reign of Ashurbanipal II (883–859 BC). The Sîn temple was called Eḫulḫuldirdirra and the Šamaš temple went by the name Ebabbarra.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921404713

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.4580597663, 43.2596753494

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Way of the Old and Middle Assyrian Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM Way of Neo-Assyrian Temple of the Sîn and Šamaš at Assur (1000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ebabbarra (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Eḫulḫuldirdirra (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Sîn (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Sîn u Šamaš (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- bīt Šamaš (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)

Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur makes connections with:

Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur located at Ashur/‘Lamban’?/‘Liba(nai)’? (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur located near Old Palace at Assur (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur located near Temple of Anu and Adad at Assur (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur located near Temple of Ishtar at Assur (2000 BC - 540 BC)
Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur located near Temple of Nabû of the ḫarû at Assur (720 BC - 540 BC)

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Place type:
temple

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Details:

The Sîn-Šamaš temple was excavated in 1912–13. It is unclear which Assyrian king was responsible for founding this double-temple: Šamšī-Adad I (ca. 1808–1776 BC) or Aššur-nārārī I. It was renovated by Middle Assyrian kings Arik-dēn-ilī (1317–1306 BC) and Tukultī-Ninurta I (1233–1197 BC) and rebuilt (on an entirely new plan) by the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC); additions were made by the seventh-century-BC ruler Sennacherib (704–681 BC).

According to Recension B of the Götteradressbuch of Ashur, the divine inhabitants of the twin temples were: Sîn, Nikkal, Šamaš, Aya, Tambāyu, Ebeḫ, Kittu, Bunene, and Ūmu.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921404713> [accessed: 23 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921404713 |title=Places: 921404713 (Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=December 23, 2024 3:07 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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