Temples, Shrines, and Ziggurat of Marad

Marad

Marad (modern Tell Wannat es-Sadum), a city located ca. 60 km southeast of Babylon, is the cult center of the god Lugal-Marda; it is approximately halfway between Babylon and Isin, on the Arahtu canal. Details about the cultic topography of this settlement, which was established in the Early Dynastic Period (ca. 2700 BC), are known from a number of cuneiform sources, including Neo-Babylonian royal inscriptions, the so-called "Canonical Temple List," and two first-millennium-BC ziggurat lists. Marad's principal temple, Eigikalama, is attested from the Old Akkadian Period to Neo-Babylonian Period.

Alphabetical list of temples at Marad

Ešatena, a temple dedicated to the goddess Ištar (Inanna) mentioned in an ešdam-hymn, might also be located in Marad, but this is not absolutely certain.

Jamie Novotny & Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny & Jamie Novotny, 'Temples, Shrines, and Ziggurat of Marad', Babylonian Temples and Monumental Architecture online (BTMAo), The BTMAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, [http://oracc.org/btmao/Marad/]

 
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