Esag

temple · 720 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

The temple of the god Lugalbanda, Esag (“Foremost House”), was located in the Kullab district of Babylon, in the eastern half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of four temples in that part of Babylon.

Coordinates

32.54371, 44.43119

Also known as

bīt Lugalbanda (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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