Šamaš temple (Khorsabad)

temple · 720 BC – 2099 AD

As part of the palatial complex of Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad), the eighth-century-BC Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC) constructed six temples, including one to the god Šamaš.

Coordinates

36.50867, 43.22779

Also known as

Šamaš temple (en)

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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