Edikukalama

other · 2000 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

The temple of the god Šamaš, Edikukalama (“House of the Judge of the Land”), was located in the Kumar district of Babylon, in the western half of the inner city. According to the Babylonian topographical text Tintir = Babylon Tablet IV, it was one of seven temples in that part of Babylon. Edikukalama is attested in the Old Babylonian Period and it was rebuilt in the Neo-Babylonian Period by Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC).

Coordinates

32.53280, 44.41545

Also known as

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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