Anu-uballit Kephalon

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Anu-uballiṭ Kephalon was a city lord of Uruk who lived around 200 BC. Under Antiochus III. officiated.

He is known from various sources. Above all, he donated the temple of Anu and Antum in 201 BC. Anu-uballit also built a large temple called Irigal . These buildings, the bricks of which are stamped with his name, perhaps stand with the victorious campaigns of Antiochus III. in connection, who gave the order and the money. These temples are the last great temple buildings in the Babylonian style in Mesopotamia .

Anu-uballit Kephalon was evidently a man from Uruk who took on a second Greek name. He was married to a Greek woman named Antiochis (daughter of a Diophantos).

literature

  • L. Timothy Doty: Nikarchos and Kephalon, in: A Scientific Humanist: Studies in Memory of Abraham Sachs, ed. By Erle Leichty et al. (= Occasional publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 9). Philadelphia 1988, 95-118. ISBN 0-934718-90-3
  • Arno Kose: Uruk, Architektur IV: From the Seleucid to the Sasanid period. (= Excavations in Uruk-Warka: final reports 17). Mainz am Rhein 1998, p. 23. ISBN 3-8053-1898-7

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SURNAME Anu-uballit Kephalon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anu-uballiṭ Kephalon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of the city of Uruk
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.