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Marduk’s temple in the first century Babylon (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Cosmo-, urano- and geography
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.12 Cosmo-, urano- and geography
Marduk (Lordship, Mercy)
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.05 Great gods
01.04.03.05.06 Marduk (Lordship, Mercy)
Visual arts and architecture
06 Visual arts and architecture

Keywords
Babylon
temples

Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.30:
The temple of Jupiter Belus in Babylon is still standing - Belus was the discoverer of the science of astronomy; but in all other respects the place has gone back to a desert.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.30

Bibliography

Jones and Rackham 1938-1963, III 430-431

Jones, W. H. S. and H. Rackham. Pliny, Natural History. 10 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1938-1963.

Amar Annus

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