Esagila
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Reconstruction of the peribolos at Babylon, including the temple of Esagila, from The excavations at Babylon (1914)
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thumb|300px|Reconstruction of the peribolos at Babylon, including the temple of Esagila, from The excavations at Babylon (1914)
thumb|right| Babylonian clay brick from sixth century BC cuneiform inscription "Nebuchadnezzar support Esagila temple and temple Ezida (Borsippa). Eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. [[Hecht Museum Haifa]] The Ésagila or Esangil ( , "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon. It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki.
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