Ekur

Ruins of the mountain house at Nippur

Ekur (𒂍𒆳 É.KUR), 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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Charles Penglase (24 March 1997). Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod. Psychology Press. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-415-15706-3. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  2. ^ Michael V. Fox (1988). Temple in society. Eisenbrauns. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-931464-38-6. Retrieved 8 June 2011.