Šarrat-niphi temple (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 goddess Šarrat-niphi (an aspect of Ištar).

Coordinates

36.10071, 43.32824

Also known as

bīt Šarrat-niphi (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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