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Location

Syrian Arab Republic, Mardīkh
geo:35.799515,36.797733
Location: correct and verified

Period or year

-2000~ / -1600~

Classification

temple
Visible

Ishtar Northern Temple, Ebla

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Ishtar Temple P2 was a part of a large cult complex, Ishtar’s Cult Area in Northern Old Syrian Ebla.

See:

Luca Peronel, Enrico Ascalone, Two Weights from Temple N at Tell Mardikh-Ebla, Syria. A Link between Metrology and Cultic Activities in the Second Millennium BC? in: Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 53,2001, pp. 1-12- http://www.asor.org/pubs/jcs/53/ascalone.pdf

Relevant museums

Aleppo, National Museum
Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre

Nearby sites

Ebla Lion Terrace
Tell Mardikh. Ishtar terrace
Ebla, Palace P5
Ebla Archaic, Palace of the Third Eblaite Kingdom ca 2000 BC.
Ebla, Western Palace, Tomb of the Lord of the Goats - Immeya To
Ebla, Western Palace, Tomb of the Lord of the Goats.
Ebla, Ishtar’s Temple [Earlier Red Temple]
Temple of Ishtar. Area D.

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-11-01) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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