Unnamed temple of Mār-bīti at Borsippa

An Akkadian inscription of the Neo-Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604–562 BC) now commonly referred to as the East India House Inscription" records that that king built a temple for the god Mār-bīti at Borsippa. No further information about that minor religious structure, including its Sumerian ceremonial name is known.

East India House

BM 129397, a large stone tablet that bears a long Akkadian inscription that is now commonly referred to as the "East India House Inscription." The description of Nebuchadnezzar's rebuilding of the Mār-bīti temple is recorded in lines iv 49–51. Image adapted from the British Museum Collection website. Credit: Trustees of the British Museum.

Known Builders

Further Reading

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Unnamed temple of Mār-bīti at Borsippa', Babylonian Temples and Monumental Architecture online (BTMAo), The BTMAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, [http://oracc.org/btmao/Borsippa/TemplesandZiggurat/TempleofMar-biti/]

 
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