Lists of Temples in Kish

A

The text is divided by a ruling line into two different sections. In the first section, the name of an unattested temple is explained. More interesting is the content of the second section, which, beginning with the cellas of Zababa and Baba, transmits to us a list of temples located in the ancient city of Kish. The catalog follows the two-column format typical for this type of text, with the Sumerian ceremonial name on the left and its everyday counterpart on the right. For some temples, following the scheme also attested in the Explanation of Temple Names in Babylon, the Nippur Compendium, the Nippur Temple List, and the Götteradressbuch of Ashur, an interlinear translation in Akkadian is also provided.


B

This fragmented text concerns a list of temples and temple gates of the city of Kish, as evidenced by the presence of topographical names such as "Gate of (E)unirkitušmah", i.e. the ziggurat of the city god Zababa. The usual two-column format of the explanatory texts, used also in the Explanation of Temple Names in Babylon, was originally followed, although the right column, with the Akkadian translations of the Sumerian names listed on the left, is completely lost.


C

A small fragment most probably belonging to the same original text as the List of Temples in Kish B.


Further Reading

Giulia Lentini

Giulia Lentini, 'Lists of Temples in Kish', Babylonian Topographical Texts online (BTTo), BTTo, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2022 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/btto/kish/]

 
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