Elamite Temples Based on Shilhak-Inshushinak’s Inscriptions

Subject Areas : Christianity

میلاد Jahangirfar ¹ (کارشناس ارشد فرهنگ و زبان‌های باستانی، پژوهشگر گروه پژوهشی یادگار باستان، تهران، ایران)
فرزانه Goshtasb ² (عضو هیأت علمی پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی، پژوهشگر گروه پژوهشی یادگار باستان، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2015-11-12 Accepted : 2015-11-12 Published : 2015-10-23

Keywords: Religion of Ancient Elam, Middle Elamite Temples, Elamite Architecture, Ornament,

Abstract :

Despite being ill-furnished with primary sources of information about the Elamite religion, some valuable information can be gleaned from the archaeological findings and also from Elamite and Mesopotamian texts. A large group of Elamite texts were composed at the time of Šilhak-Inšušinak (1150-1120 BCE), a middle-Elamite king and the third sovereign of the Šutrukid dynasty. Different deities and temples are mentioned in his inscriptions. Most of the temples mentioned by him had been built by his predecessor and as they were in a state of dilapidation, he restored them. What is specifically studied here is the Elamite temples based on the inscriptions of Šilhak-Inšušinak.