Esharra
The Esharra is the temple of the god Assur in the city of which he is the guardian divinity, Assur. It is for this reason the principal temple of all the Assyrie. Its name means " House of the totalité". Another of its names is Ekur (" House-montagne").
The temple is located in the old city of Assur, with the north-eastern angle, on a rocky outcrop, overhanging the Tiger. It was built at the time paléo-Assyrian, by the king Ushpia, and it was restored by its successors Ilu-shumma and Erishum at the XXè front century J. - C.A few decades later, Samsi-Addu restored it in its turn. The temple then had a 110 meters length for a width of 60 meters. One entered a vast court of trapezoidal form, surrounded by a wall, which gave on the concealed , named Ehursagkurkurra (" House-mountain of the pays"). A Ziggourat had been built near the temple as of the former times. It bore the name of Earattakisharra (" House-mountain of the World entier"). Its base was square, of 60 side meters approximately.
The plan of Esharra was modified at the beginning of VIIè by Sennacherib, which undertook large a progamme constructions in the Holy City of Assur. A court was added to the south, as well as rooms beside the concealed , whose interior decoration was remade. A Processional Way was traced, connecting the temple to another temple builds outside the city, the Bît Akîtu . This last was to be used as departure with the procession of the festival of the New year, which was completed in the temple of Assur.
Esharra survived the plundering of Assur into 614 and the fall of Assyrie into 612-609. It is still attested at the time Hellénistique and under the domination of the Parthes, periods when the worship of Assur still knows beautiful days.
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