Sebetti temple (Kalhu)

temple · 1000 BC – 720 BC · location approximate

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 divine Sebetti. The location of this building is not known.

Coordinates

36.09848, 43.32877

Also known as

bīt Sebetti (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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