Nineanna (Babylon)
Nineanna , also Nin-E-anna ( Akkadian Ekidurini / E-ki-dur-ini, also Belit-nina, Nin-nina , Sumerian KA-ZAL, PA-AN, GAR.ZA ) was a likely temple complex in the new town of Babylon , which was only rebuilt under Nebuchadnezzar II . The name Nineanna or Ekidurini means: House of the Heavenly Lady on the earth wall .
Nebuchadnezzar II named the first of the two temples On the interior of the city wall ( sa-tuqbat-duri ). The second sanctuary was called On the Bank of the Canal ( kisad palgi ). Nebuchadnezzar II identified the New Town Canal with the canal . The pronunciation Ekidurini is known through extensive cuneiform finds. The sacrificial calendars also provide evidence that there were actually two shrines with the same name.
Nabu-na'id names both temples with (kilattan) Ekidurinim . The conspicuous location of two sanctuaries in the new town has its counterpart in Assur , where two Ishtar temples were also combined into one building complex.
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literature
- Dietz-Otto Edzard and a .: Reallexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 1 , de Gruyter, Berlin 1993 (reprint of 1932 edition), ISBN 3-11-004451-X , p. 360