Ezida (Kalhu)

temple · 1000 BC – 540 BC

When Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) became the principal administrative center of the Assyrian Empire in the ninth century BC, king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) built (or rebuilt) numerous temples. One of those was dedicated to the god Nabû. Unlike most of the religious buildings constructed at Kalhu, the Ezida ("True House") was built in the southeast corner of the Citadel.