Temple of Anu and Adad at Assur

temple · 2000 BC – 540 BC

A distinctive feature of the city of Assur is the double-temple of the gods Anu and Adad. This building, together with its twin ziggurats, was constructed no later than the Middle Assyrian period; it underwent a major rebuilding in the reign of Tiglath-pileser I (1114–1076 BC). The existence of an (unnamed) Adad temple at Assur, however, is known from inscriptions of the Old Assyrian rulers Erišum I and Ikūnum. The various parts of this axisymmetric, double-temple was given Sumerian names: Anu’s temple and ziggurat were called Ešaan and Emelamanna; and Adad’s temple and ziggurat went by the names Ešuddegeštuku and Egišlamšaršar.

Coordinates
35.45890, 43.25823
Also known as
Edurḫenunna (sux), Egišlamšaršar (sux), Emelamanna (sux), Ešaan (sux), Ešuddegeštuku (sux), bīt Adad (akk), bīt Anim (akk), bīt Anim u Adad (akk), ziqqurrat Adad (akk), ziqqurrat Anim (akk)
Dating
attested

Sources

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