vici.org:: archaeological atlas
Add Login / Register

Location

  • Iraq, Umm Guzlah
  • geo:32.391613,44.34124

Period or year

  • not yet provided

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Eurmeiminanki - Ziggurat of Borsippa

data access 27734

The ceremonial complex E-urmeiminanki, what means " The House that gathers the Seven me (Divine Powers) of Heaven and Earth was erected before the king Nabuchadnezzar II reign (ca.605-ca.562 BC), who found it in ruins.

  1. John P. Peters, The Tower of Babel at Borsippa in: Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 41 (1921), pp. 157-159 - http://www.jstor.org/stable/593716

  2. Eric Orlin, Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions 2015, p. 333

Nearby sites

  • BORSIPPA
    BORSIPPA Birs Nimrud
    Iraq, Umm Guzlah
  • Borsippa, Ezida
    Ezida Nabu temple complex.
    Iraq, Umm Guzlah
  • DILBAT
    DILBAT Tell ed-Duleim, Tell al-Deylam.
    Iraq, Qaryat al Kuwām
  • Esagila
    Belangrijkste tempel van Babylonië
    Iraq, Madīnat Bābil

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-06-23) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/27734
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Eurmeiminanki - Ziggurat of Borsippa. https://vici.org/vici/27734, accessed 2026-11-13.