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E-sara (Cuneiform: "House of the Universe"), was the temple dedicated to
The full surviving text of the Enûma Elish
Buildings and structures completed in the 22nd century BC Buildings and structures completed in the 21st century BC Ancient Near East temples Mesopotamian religion Enūma Eliš Uruk Inanna {{AncientNearEast-stub
E-sara (Cuneiform: "House of the Universe"), was the temple dedicated to Inanna
Inanna, also sux, 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒀭𒈾, nin-an-na, label=none is an List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, Divine law, divine justice, and political p ...
in Uruk
Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.Harm ...
by Ur-Nammu
Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: , ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology, or possibly c. 2048–2030 BC short chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries ...
(reigned c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC).
In the Enuma Elish, ''E-sara'' was created by Marduk
Marduk (Cuneiform: dAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: ''amar utu.k'' "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) was a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon. When Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of ...
at the end of Tablet IV, as he divided Tiamat
In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat ( akk, or , grc, Θαλάττη, Thaláttē) is a primordial goddess of the sea, mating with Abzû, the god of the groundwater, to produce younger gods. She is the symbol of the chaos of primordial creati ...
into two halves, and created a "House of Heaven", for Anu
Anu ( akk, , from wikt:𒀭#Sumerian, 𒀭 ''an'' “Sky”, “Heaven”) or Anum, originally An ( sux, ), was the sky father, divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the list of Mesopotamian deities, dei ...
, Bel BEL can be an abbreviation for:
* The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Belgium
* ''BEL'' or bell character in the C0 control code set
* Belarusian language, in the ISO 639-2 and SIL country code lists
* Bharat Electronics Limited, an Indian stat ...
, and Ea.
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The full surviving text of the Enûma Elish
Buildings and structures completed in the 22nd century BC Buildings and structures completed in the 21st century BC Ancient Near East temples Mesopotamian religion Enūma Eliš Uruk Inanna {{AncientNearEast-stub