Temple of Sîn and Šamaš at Assur

temple · 2000 BC – 540 BC

A double-temple dedicated to the moon-god Sîn and the sun-god Šamaš existed at the city Assur from the Old Assyrian period onwards. The plan of this holy structure changed several times over the course of its long history, most notably in the Neo-Assyrian period, in the reign of Ashurbanipal II (883–859 BC). The Sîn temple was called Eḫulḫuldirdirra and the Šamaš temple went by the name Ebabbarra.

Coordinates

35.45806, 43.25968

Also known as

Ebabbarra (sux), Eḫulḫuldirdirra (sux), bīt Sîn (akk), bīt Sîn u Šamaš (akk), bīt Šamaš (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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