Mê-Turān

A large number of bricks discovered at Tell Ḥaddād attest to Ashurbanipal's building activities at Mê-Turān.[149] The Akkadian inscription written on those square bricks, which were found in situ, state that the Assyrian king enlarged the courtyard of Ešaḫula ("House of the Happy Heart"), the temple of the god Nergal in that city[150] and made its processional way "shine like daylight." The inscribed bricks, which are said to have been baked in a "(ritually) pure kiln" (utūnu elletu), were used to pave the temple's courtyard and processional way.

Notes

[149] Asb. 257.

[150] George, House Most High p. 144 no. 1020. Ešaḫula was located in Sirara, the temple district of Mê-Turān.

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Mê-Turān', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/RINAP53Introduction/BuildinginBabylonia/Me-Turan/]

 
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