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The Ningišzida Temple Built by Marduk-Apla-Iddina II at Uruk (Warka)

1957; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/4199626

2053-4744

Heinz Lenzen,

Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

In Iraq XV, Pt. 2 (1953), pp. 123–125, C. J. Gadd published the inscription of a barrel-cylinder which was found, broken in three pieces, during the excavations at Nimrud. This inscription is a foundation document composed by Marduk-apla-iddina II for a shrine which he consecrated to the god Ningis-zi-da within the E-anna temple at Warka.At the end of his article, C. J. Gadd sought to identify the temple mentioned in this inscription with one of the many known, but undefined, temples. At the time when this attempt was made, only the two temples proposed by Mr. Gadd were considered, but both of them cannot perfectly be brought into accord with the statement of the text. In the same year in which Mr. Gadd's article was published, a new temple was excavated in E-anna at Warka, and I have the impression that this is the temple to which the statement of the inscription may best be applied. In U.V.B. X (pp. 5 ff.) and U.V.B. XI (pp. 15 ff) it was pointed out that the extension of E-anna was far greater than we had hitherto supposed. In the eastern corner a very large court was added in which the Innin-temple of Karaindas stood, and on the North-western side of the Zigurrat another court which—as we know from the results of excavations carried out during the last years—contained only large dwelling-houses. This new discovery of two very large courts belonging to the sanctuary entirely alters the situation. By means of the court extending to the north-west that part of the building of the enclosed court called by Jordan “Aussenzingel” (outer precinct) now becomes “Innenzingel“ (inner precinct) (Plate XXXV). The part in question is that group of rooms within the Zingel enclosure which includes the so-called north-western temple. The building, newly excavated, is situated in the court of Eanna farthest to the East (Qc-e XIV4-XV1).