The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="es-ES" xml:lang="es-ES"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title> The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City | ISIMU </title> <meta name="generator" content="Open Journal Systems 3.3.0.6"> <meta name="title" content="ISIMU"> <meta name="description" content="ISIMU es una revista de periodicidad anual. Sus secciones separadas –dedicadas a los ámbitos definidos como Oriente Próximo y Medio o Egipto antiguos− están abiertas a estudios y resultados de la investigación hoy repartida entre Historia, Arqueología y Filología, pero también, y por su propia y declarada voluntad interdisciplinar, a los de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales alcanzados en las mismas áreas de Oriente Próximo y Medio o Egipto."> <meta name="keywords" content="Historia Antigua; Egipto; Egiptología; Oriente Próximo; Historia; Arqueología; Filología; Ancient history; Egypt; Egyptology; Middle East; History; Arqueology; Philology"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="language" content="Spanish"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="15 days"> <meta name="author" content="Centro Superior de Estudios de Oriente Próximo y Egipto, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid"> <link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" /> <meta name="DC.Creator.PersonalName" content="Franciszek M. Stepniowski"/> <meta name="DC.Date.created" scheme="ISO8601" content="2016-02-19"/> <meta name="DC.Date.dateSubmitted" scheme="ISO8601" content="2016-02-19"/> <meta name="DC.Date.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2016-02-19"/> <meta name="DC.Date.modified" scheme="ISO8601" content="2024-12-19"/> <meta name="DC.Description" xml:lang="es" content="The temples in Aššur make a very important part of the Assyrian architectonic tradition. Numerous as they are (with many subsequent phases, rebuilding and alterations), they allow for a "longue duré" study, from the mid-IIIrd millennium B.C. to the late VIIth century B.C. A variety of schemes employed, especially in layout of the "core" of the sanctuary and the main "cultic tract", speak for a relatively unconstrained and creative treatment of plans, during the reign of Šamši-Adad I (XIX/XVIIIth century) and in the XIII-XIIth centuries B.C. In the Ist millennium B.C., in the Neo-Assyrian period, the sacral architecture in Aššur seems to be of rather secondary, derivative character, following solutions first applied in new capitals of Assyria - Kalhu and Dur-Šarrukin. However, the precursors for these new concepts are still to be looked for in Aššur."/> <meta name="DC.Format" scheme="IMT" content="application/pdf"/> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="3545"/> <meta name="DC.Identifier.pageNumber" content="233-244"/> <meta name="DC.Identifier.DOI" content="10.15366/isimu2003.6.013"/> <meta name="DC.Identifier.URI" content="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/article/view/3545"/> <meta name="DC.Language" scheme="ISO639-1" content="es"/> <meta name="DC.Rights" content="Derechos de autor 2016 ISIMU"/> <meta name="DC.Rights" content="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"/> <meta name="DC.Source" content="ISIMU"/> <meta name="DC.Source.ISSN" content="2659-9090"/> <meta name="DC.Source.Volume" content="6"/> <meta name="DC.Source.URI" content="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu"/> <meta name="DC.Subject" xml:lang="es" content="architectonic tradition"/> <meta name="DC.Title" content="The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City"/> <meta name="DC.Type" content="Text.Serial.Journal"/> <meta name="DC.Type.articleType" content="3. La arqueología"/> <meta name="gs_meta_revision" content="1.1"/> <meta name="citation_journal_title" content="ISIMU"/> <meta name="citation_journal_abbrev" content="ISIMU"/> <meta name="citation_issn" content="2659-9090"/> <meta name="citation_author" content="Franciszek M. Stepniowski"/> <meta name="citation_title" content="The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City"/> <meta name="citation_language" content="es"/> <meta name="citation_date" content="2003"/> <meta name="citation_volume" content="6"/> <meta name="citation_firstpage" content="233"/> <meta name="citation_lastpage" content="244"/> <meta name="citation_doi" content="10.15366/isimu2003.6.013"/> <meta name="citation_abstract_html_url" content="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/article/view/3545"/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content="temples"/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content="cella"/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content=""long room""/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content=""broad room""/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content=""bent axis""/> <meta name="citation_keywords" xml:lang="es" content="architectonic tradition"/> <meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/article/download/3545/3769"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://revistas.uam.es/plugins/themes/classic-uam2/resources/app.min.css?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/$$$call$$$/page/page/css?name=stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cardo:400,400i,700|Montserrat:400,400i,700,700i,900,900i" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://revistas.uam.es/lib/pkp/styles/fontawesome/fontawesome.css?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/$$$call$$$/page/page/css?name=custom-" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <header> <div class="header container-fluid"> <div class="upper-header row"> <h1 class="logo-wrapper col-md-7"> <div class="header-links"> <a href="/">  <i class="fa fa-home" aria-hidden="true">  </i> </a> <span> | </span> <a href="https://www.uam.es/uam/uam-ediciones">UAM Ediciones</a> <span> | </span> <a href="https://www.uam.es">UAM</a> </div> <a href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu" class="home-link"> <div class="journal-logo-text">ISIMU</div> </a> </h1> <div id="user-nav-wraper" class="col-md-5"> <ul id="navigationUser" class="pkp_navigation_user nav nav-tabs"> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/register">Registrarse</a> </li> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/login">Entrar</a> </li> </ul> <ul id="languageNav" class="dropdown language-toggle nav nav-tabs"> <li class="nav-item dropdown"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="languageToggleMenulanguageNav" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="sr-only">##plugins.themes.healthSciences.language.toggle##</span> Español (España) </a> <div class="navigation-dropdown dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="languageToggleMenulanguageNav"> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/en_US?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> English </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/fr_FR?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Français (France) </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/pt_BR?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Português (Brasil) </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/fr_CA?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Français (Canada) </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/de_DE?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Deutsch </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/it_IT?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Italiano </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/ar_IQ?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> العربية </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/user/setLocale/pt_PT?source=%2Fisimu%2Farticle%2Fview%2F3545"> Português (Portugal) </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="lower-header"> <ul id="nav-small" class="nav nav-tabs"> <li class="nav-item"> <a id="show-modal" class="nav-link"> <ion-icon name="menu"></ion-icon> <span class="ion-icon-text">Menú</span> </a> </li> </ul> <div id="modal-on-small" class="nav-modal hide"> <div id="primary-nav-wraper"> <span id="close-small-modal"> <ion-icon name="close"></ion-icon> </span> <ul id="navigationPrimary" class="pkp_navigation_primary nav nav-tabs"> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/issue/current">Actual</a> </li> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/issue/archive">Archivos</a> </li> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/announcement">Avisos</a> </li> <li class=" nav-item dropdown"> <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> Acerca de </a> <div class="navigation-dropdown dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown"> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about"> Sobre la revista </a> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/NORMAS"> Normas de publicación </a> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about/submissions"> Envíos </a> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about/editorialTeam"> Equipo editorial </a> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about/privacy"> Declaración de privacidad </a> <a class=" dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about/contact"> Contacto </a> </div> </li> <li class=" nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/search/search">Buscar</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main class="page page_article"> <div class="container-fluid container-page"> <article class="obj_article_details"> <div class="article_header_wrapper"> <div class="article_issue_credentials"> <a href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/issue/view/429">Vol. 6 (2003): Assur y su entorno. En homenaje a los primeros arqueólogos de Assur</a> </div> <div class="article_section_title"> 3. La arqueología </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h1 class="page_title article-full-title"> The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City </h1> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="item galleys"> <a class="btn galley-link obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/article/view/3545/3769"> PDF (English) </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="authors_info"> <ul class="entry_authors_list"> <li class="entry_author_block"><span class="name_wrapper">Franciszek M. Stepniowski</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="additional-authors-info"> <div class="collapse" id="authorInfoCollapse"> <div class="additional-author-block"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row article_main_data" id="articleMainData"> <div class="main_entry col-md-4" id="mainEntry" > <div class="article_cover_wrapper"> <a href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/issue/view/429"> <img class="img-fluid" src="https://revistas.uam.es/public/journals/24/cover_issue_429_es_ES.png"> </a> </div> <div class="doi"> <span class="doi_label"> DOI: </span> <span class="doi_value"> <a href="https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.013"> https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.013 </a> </span> </div> <div class="published_date"> <span class="published_date_label"> Publicado </span> <span class="published_date_value"> febrero 19, 2016 </span> </div> <section class="item keywords"> <h2 class="label"> Palabras clave: </h2> <span class="value"> temples, cella, "long room", "broad room", "bent axis", architectonic tradition </span> </section> <div class="item citation"> <div class="sub_item citation_display"> <div class="citation_format_label"> Cómo citar </div> <div class="citation_format_value"> <div id="citationOutput" role="region" aria-live="polite"> <div class="csl-bib-body"> <div class="csl-entry">Stepniowski, F. M. (2016). The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City. <i>ISIMU</i>, <i>6</i>, 233–244. https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.013</div> </div> </div> <div class="citation_formats dropdown"> <a class="btn btn-primary" id="dropdownMenuButton" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> Más formatos de cita </a> <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenuButton" id="dropdown-cit"> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/acm-sig-proceedings?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/acm-sig-proceedings?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > ACM </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/acs-nano?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/acs-nano?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > ACS </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/apa?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/apa?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > APA </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/associacao-brasileira-de-normas-tecnicas?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/associacao-brasileira-de-normas-tecnicas?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > ABNT </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/chicago-author-date?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/chicago-author-date?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > Chicago </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/harvard-cite-them-right?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/harvard-cite-them-right?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > Harvard </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/ieee?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/ieee?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > IEEE </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/modern-language-association?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/modern-language-association?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > MLA </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/turabian-fullnote-bibliography?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/turabian-fullnote-bibliography?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > Turabian </a> <a class="dropdown-cite-link dropdown-item" aria-controls="citationOutput" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/vancouver?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177" data-load-citation data-json-href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/get/vancouver?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177&return=json" > Vancouver </a> <div class="dropdown-divider"></div> <h4 class="download-cite"> Descargar cita </h4> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/download/ris?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177"> <span class="fa fa-download"></span> Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) </a> <a class="dropdown-item" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/citationstylelanguage/download/bibtex?submissionId=3545&publicationId=3177"> <span class="fa fa-download"></span> BibTeX </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item copyright"> <p>Derechos de autor 2016 ISIMU</p> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="//i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><p>Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="article_abstract_block col-md-8" id="articleAbstractBlock"> <div class="abstract"> <h3 class="abstract_label">Resumen</h3> <p>The temples in Aššur make a very important part of the Assyrian architectonic tradition. Numerous as they are (with many subsequent phases, rebuilding and alterations), they allow for a "longue duré" study, from the mid-IIIrd millennium B.C. to the late VIIth century B.C. A variety of schemes employed, especially in layout of the "core" of the sanctuary and the main "cultic tract", speak for a relatively unconstrained and creative treatment of plans, during the reign of Šamši-Adad I (XIX/XVIIIth century) and in the XIII-XIIth centuries B.C. In the Ist millennium B.C., in the Neo-Assyrian period, the sacral architecture in Aššur seems to be of rather secondary, derivative character, following solutions first applied in new capitals of Assyria - Kalhu and Dur-Šarrukin. However, the precursors for these new concepts are still to be looked for in Aššur.</p> </div> <div class="for-mobile-view"> <div class="item galleys"> <a class="btn galley-link obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/article/view/3545/3769"> PDF (English) </a> </div> </div> <div class="item downloads_chart"> <h3 class="label"> Descargas </h3> <div class="value"> <canvas class="usageStatsGraph" data-object-type="Submission" data-object-id="3545"></canvas> <div class="usageStatsUnavailable" data-object-type="Submission" data-object-id="3545"> Los datos de descargas todavía no están disponibles. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <div class="footer-hook-block"> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <div class="container-fluid container-footer"> <div class="additional-footer-info"> <div class="user-page-footer">  <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5d9251bca55f0bda"></script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5d9251bca55f0bda"></script> </div> <div class="pkpbrand-wrapper"> <a href="https://revistas.uam.es/isimu/about/aboutThisPublishingSystem"> <img class="footer-brand-image" alt="Más información acerca del sistema de publicación, de la plataforma y del flujo de trabajo de OJS/PKP." src="https://revistas.uam.es/templates/images/ojs_brand.png"> </a> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="https://revistas.uam.es/plugins/themes/classic-uam2/resources/app.min.js?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://unpkg.com/ionicons@4.2.4/dist/ionicons.js?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://revistas.uam.es/plugins/generic/citationStyleLanguage/js/articleCitation.js?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">var pkpUsageStats = pkpUsageStats || {};pkpUsageStats.data = pkpUsageStats.data || {};pkpUsageStats.data.Submission = pkpUsageStats.data.Submission || {};pkpUsageStats.data.Submission[3545] = {"data":{"2016":{"1":0,"2":1,"3":0,"4":1,"5":2,"6":5,"7":3,"8":26,"9":9,"10":14,"11":6,"12":5},"2017":{"1":4,"2":10,"3":7,"4":3,"5":2,"6":4,"7":2,"8":3,"9":2,"10":8,"11":3,"12":7},"2018":{"1":3,"2":2,"3":4,"4":0,"5":0,"6":1,"7":5,"8":4,"9":0,"10":4,"11":4,"12":2},"2019":{"1":4,"2":9,"3":6,"4":2,"5":5,"6":4,"7":4,"8":0,"9":1,"10":0,"11":2,"12":2},"2020":{"1":3,"2":0,"3":2,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":2,"8":3,"9":6,"10":7,"11":11,"12":14},"2021":{"1":7,"2":7,"3":9,"4":4,"5":8,"6":4,"7":4,"8":1,"9":20,"10":10,"11":5,"12":1},"2022":{"1":17,"2":18,"3":0,"4":16,"5":27,"6":12,"7":15,"8":7,"9":0,"10":2,"11":1,"12":1},"2023":{"1":5,"2":5,"3":14,"4":14,"5":26,"6":5,"7":15,"8":13,"9":18,"10":18,"11":24,"12":19},"2024":{"1":20,"2":21,"3":19,"4":25,"5":5,"6":5,"7":6,"8":4,"9":3,"10":3,"11":0,"12":4},"2025":{"1":3,"2":3,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0,"6":0,"7":0,"8":0,"9":0,"10":0,"11":0,"12":0}},"label":"Todas las descargas","color":"79,181,217","total":736};</script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.0.1/Chart.js?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">var pkpUsageStats = pkpUsageStats || {};pkpUsageStats.locale = pkpUsageStats.locale || {};pkpUsageStats.locale.months = ["Ene","Feb","Mar","Abr","May","Jun","Jul","Ago","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dic"];pkpUsageStats.config = pkpUsageStats.config || {};pkpUsageStats.config.chartType = "bar";</script><script src="https://revistas.uam.es/plugins/generic/usageStats/js/UsageStatsFrontendHandler.js?v=3.3.0.6" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

The temples in Assur: an overview of the sacral architecture of the Holy City | ISIMU