Ekur temple in Nippur

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Sumerian temple religious building temple

The Ekur temple in Nippur was the principal sanctuary of the god Enlil and one of the most important religious and political centers in ancient Sumer.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ekur complex in Nippur 1
Ekur temple in Nippur canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian temple ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
temple ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedBy University of Pennsylvania expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedFrom late 19th century ⓘ
associatedDeity Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ninlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuska NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ
dedicatedTo Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
function cult center of Enlil ⓘ
political legitimation center ⓘ
ritual center ⓘ
hasComponent administrative quarters ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
shrines ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
ziggurat of Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later Mesopotamian temple architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Sumerian literary texts ⓘ
administrative tablets ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
nameMeaning Ekur means “mountain house” in Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Nippur religious complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole place where Mesopotamian rulers sought divine legitimation ⓘ
symbolic center of Enlil’s authority over kingship ⓘ
principalSanctuaryOf Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltBy Kassite kings of Babylonia ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shar-kali-sharri of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shulgi of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur-Nammu of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Lower Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
sacredStatus considered the cosmic mountain (Ekur) in Sumerian cosmology ⓘ
regarded as the dwelling of Enlil ⓘ
significance major political center of ancient Sumer ⓘ
major religious center of ancient Sumer ⓘ
principal sanctuary of Enlil in Sumer ⓘ
timePeriod Akkadian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Early Dynastic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kassite period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur III period ⓘ

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

Sumerian religion → worshipPlace → Ekur temple in Nippur ⓘ
Ninlil → temple → Ekur temple in Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ekur complex in Nippur