Ekur

Japanese: Ekur
Ekur

...Located in the northern part of the ancient Sumerian region, it appears to have already developed into a city by the Uruk period in the second half of the 4th millennium BC. As it was the site of Ekur, the temple of the supreme Sumerian god Enlil, it was revered as a sacred place and played a unique role in the political history of the 3rd millennium BC. Numerous clay tablets related to Sumerian literature written during the Babylonian First Dynasty in the early 2nd millennium BC have also been excavated here.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ekur" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代シュメール地方の北部に位置し,前4千年紀後半のウルク期にはすでに都市的規模にまで発展していたらしい。シュメールの最高神エンリルの神殿エクルEkurが存在していたことから,シュメールの聖地として崇敬の対象とされ,前3千年紀の政治史のなかで特異な役割を果たした。また前2千年紀初頭のバビロン第1王朝時代に書かれた多数のシュメール文学に関する粘土板文書が出土している。…

※「Ekur」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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