Abu Temple (Ešnunna)
The Abū Temple of Ešnunna is an early Bronze Age sanctuary that was excavated at the Tell Asmar site in what is now Iraq .
It existed up to the Akkad period , but structural conditions from early dynastic times have also been explored. Originally it was a hearth house , with a separation between the anteroom and the cult room. On the back wall of the cella there was a pedestal about one meter high, on which there was presumably a cult image . A low sacrificial altar was uncovered in front of this pedestal .
literature
- Pinhas Delougaz , Seton Lloyd : Pre-Sargonid temples in the Diyala Region. Chicago 1942, 200 ff.
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Coordinates: 33 ° 48 ′ 38 ″ N , 44 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E