Ekur
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thumb|upright=1.3|Modern reconstruction of a mountain house at Nippur
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Origin and meaning
- The Ekur complex
- The Ekur Archive
- Cosmology
- In Mandaic texts
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.3|Modern reconstruction of a mountain house at Nippur
Ekur ( ), also known as Duranki, is a Sumerian term meaning "mountain house". It is the assembly of the gods in the Garden of the gods, parallel in Greek mythology to Mount Olympus and was the most revered and sacred building of ancient Sumer.
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