page_title: Esagila
hierarchical_section_title: Esagila
caption_attribution_description: English: Babylonian clay brick from sixth century BC cuneiform inscription "Nebuchadnezzar support Esagila temple and temple A-Zida (Borsippa). Eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. Hecht Museum Haifa עברית: לבנת חרס בבלית מהמאה השישית לפני הספירה נושאת כתובת בכתב יתדות "נבוכדנאצר מלך בבל תומך מקדש אסגילה (בבל) ומקדש אזידה (בורסיפה) בנו בכורו של נבופלאסר מלך בבל. מוזיאון הכט חיפה
context_page_description: The Ésagila was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon. It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki.
context_section_description: The Ésagila (Sumerian: 𒂍𒊕𒅍𒆷 É-SAǦ-ÍL.LA, "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon. It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki.
caption: 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
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