Temple of Nabu

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Assyrian sanctuary ancient temple religious building

The Temple of Nabu is an ancient Assyrian sanctuary dedicated to the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and writing, located within the ruins of Nineveh at Kuyunjik in modern-day Iraq.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Temple of Sin	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian sanctuary ⓘ ancient temple ⓘ religious building ⓘ
archaeologicalContext	Nineveh archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Kuyunjik mound NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ
associatedScript	cuneiform ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Mesopotamian ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToPantheon	Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ
civilization	Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedToAspect	divine wisdom ⓘ scribal arts ⓘ
dedicatedToDeityRole	god of wisdom ⓘ god of writing ⓘ
function	cult center of Nabu ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasFeature	courtyards ⓘ cult rooms ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ
hasType	sanctuary complex ⓘ
heritageContext	ancient Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt	Kuyunjik NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
locatedInModernGovernorate	Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Mosul region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Tigris River vicinity ⓘ
material	baked brick ⓘ mudbrick ⓘ
namedAfter	Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ruins of Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	polytheism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Assyro-Babylonian ⓘ
sacredTo	worshippers of Nabu ⓘ
usedFor	offerings ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuyunjik → containsRuinsOf → Temple of Nabu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Sin