List of Mesopotamian temples
The list of Mesopotamian temples includes the sanctuaries ( Akkadian / Sumerian ) É, E 2 , E ( temples ) in Mesopotamia and Sumer .
Temple names
A.
Surname | Building | Location | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
E- ablua | Temple of Sin | Urum | |
E- Ab-Shagala | Temple of Ninmarki | Guaba | |
E- Adda | Temple of Enlil | ||
E- Akkil | Temple of Ninschubur | Akkil | |
E- Ama Geschtianna | temple | Mother of wine | |
E- Amal | temple | Babylon | |
E- Ama-Lamma | temple | ||
E- Am Kurkurra | Temple of Bēl | Aššur | |
E- Ama-Schazag | temple | Major-ilu | |
E- Ana | Temple of Inanna | Uruk | House of heaven |
E- An-Dadia | Ziggurat | Akkad | |
E- An-ki | temple | House of Heaven and Earth | |
E- Anun | Temple of Lugal-Girra | ||
E- Anzakar | temple | ||
E- Apsu | Temple of Enki | Eridu | House Ocean , see also Eengurra |
E- Ara-li | temple | House of the Underworld | |
E- Ara-zugisch-tug | temple | House of hearing the prayers | |
E- As-mah | temple | House of the Most High God | |
E- As-ratum | Temple of the gods Ašratum |
B.
- Ebabbar , temple of Šamaš in Sippar
- Ebabbar (Illuminated House), Temple of Utu in Larsa
- Ebaraigiedi, Temple of Miracles , Ziggurat of Dumuzi in Akkad
- Ebagara
- Ebau, temple of the gods building in Lagasch
- Ebelitmati, Temple of the World Mother
- Ebursigsig, Temple of Shara in Umma
- Ebursin, temple of King Bur-Sin in Ur
D.
- Edam, built by Ur-Nansche in Lagasch
- Edaranna, Temple of the Darkness of Heaven / Temple of the Night
- Edikudkalamma, Temple of the World Judge
- Edilmuna, Temple of Dilmun in Ur
- Edimanna, Temple of Nebuchadnezzar II for Sin
- Edimgalabzu in Lagasch
- Edimgalkalama, Temple of Ishtaran in Der
- Eduazaga, Temple of the Illuminated Shrine of Marduk
- Edukug (House of the Sacred Mouth) in Eridu and Nippur
- Edub, Temple of Zababa in Kish
- Eduga
- Edumiziabzu, Temple of Dumuzi; destroyed in the time of Urukagina
- Edungi, Temple of King Dungi
- Edurgina, temple of Nebuchadnezzar II.
- Eea, shrine of Ea in Khorsabad , built by Sargon II.
E.
EN
- En-gaduda, temple of Šuzianna in Ngagimah
- En-gangishschua
- En-galgasud, Temple of Bau in Iri-kug
- En-geschtug-Nisaba (house of wisdom) from Nisaba in Ur
- En-gipar in Uruk
- En-gishkeschdakalama, Temple of Nergal in Kutha
- E-ninnu , (Mistress House of 50), Temple of the Ningirsu in Lagasch
G
Surname | Building | Location | Remarks |
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G | |||
E- Gida | Ninazu Temple | Egedir | Long house |
E- gipar-imim | Temple tower of Eanna | Uruk | Built by Ur-Nammu |
E- Gipar-ku | Temple of Ningal | Harran | |
E- Gipar-ku | Temple of Ningal | Ur | |
E- Girim | Temple tower | Major Kurigalzu | |
E- girlach | temple | ||
E -Gish-char-anki | Temple of Belet-Nina | Babylon | House showing the design of heaven and earth. |
E- Gud-duschar | Temple of Ningublaga | Kiabrig | |
H | |||
E- Hamun | temple | ||
E -hul-hul | Temple of Sin | Harran | Built by Shalmaneser III. |
E- Hur-sanga | Temple of Ninḫursanga | Ur | House of the Mountains , built by Schulgi |
Ehursag-kurkurra | Temple of Aššur | Aššur | |
E- hush | temple | ||
I. | |||
E- Ibeanu | Temple of Urash | Dilbat | |
E- Igi-Kalama | Ninurta Temple | Marad | House of the Seeing Eye from the Country , built by Lugul-Marad |
E- Igi-Schu-gal-am | temple | ||
E- Igi-Zibar-ra | Temple of Ningirsu | Built by Entemena | |
E- Igi-Zu-uru | Temple of Ninschubur | Akkil | |
E- Imgur-Enlil | Temple of Mamu | Balawat | House of "Enlil has agreed" , built by Aššur-nâṣir-apli II. |
E -iri-kug | temple | ||
E- Iti-dab-uru | temple | ||
K | |||
E- Kiš-nugal | Temple of Nanna | Ur | |
E- Kiš-nugal | Temple of Nanna | Bit suenna | Near Nippur |
E- Kiš-nugal | Temple of Nanna | Babylon | |
E- kug-nuna | Temple of Inanna | Uruk | |
E- cure | Temple of Enlil | Nippur | Mountain house |
E- Kun-Ina-Zag | Temple of Ningirsu | Girsu | House of the Shining Gods |
M.
- Eamer, Ziggurat from Eninnu
- Emah, temple of Shara in Umma
- Emah, temple of Ninsursanga in Adab .
- Emeurana, temple of Ninurta in Nippur
- Emeurur
- Emelemhusch Temple of Nusku in Nippur
- Emeschlam, Temple of Nergal
- Emumah
- Emudkura in Ur
- Emusch or Emuschkalama, temple of Lulal in Bad-tibira
N
- Enamtila
- Eniguru
- Enineanna , temple in Babylon
- Eningara
- Enun, Temple of Abzu in Eridu
- Enunana (House of the Sky Prince), Temple of Utu in Sippar
- Enutura
P
- Epuhruma
S.
- Esagila , temple of Marduk in Babylon , according to Enûma elîsch home of all gods under the leadership of Marduk
- Esara
- Esikil, Temple of Ninazu in Esnunna
- Esila
- Esirara
- Eschaghula in Kazallu
- Eschara in Adab
- Eschegmeschedu in Isin
- Eschenshena, Temple of Ninlil
- Escherzidguru, Temple of Inanna in Zabala
- Eschumesha
- Esuga
- Etarsirsir
- Etemenanki Temple of the Foundation of Heaven and Earth, Ziggurat of Marduk in Babylon
T
- Etemenniguru, chief ziggurat of Ur
- Etillamah
- Etummal, Temple of Ninlil in Nippur
- Eturkalama
U
- Euduna, built by Amar-Suena
- Eulmasch , temple of Inanna in Akkad
- Eunir (house of the ziggurat), temple of Enki in Eridu
- Euruga
Z
- Ezagin (The Lapis Lazuli House), Temple of Nisaba in Uruk
- Ezikalamma, temple of Inanna in Zabala , built by Hammurapi
literature
- AR George (Ed.): House Most High. The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia . Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake IN 1993, ISBN 0-931464-80-3 , ( Mesopotamian Civilizations . Vol. 5).
- Daniel David Luckenbill : The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria . In: The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 24/4 1908, pp. 291–322, (also: special print). ( JSTOR 527646 ).
Web links
- The Ningirsu Temples (Akkadian)
- English translation (from: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature)
Notes and evidence
- ↑ In the Sumerian language, term also for house of meeting house .