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title: The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2562/the-tongue-tower-temple-of-nabu-borsippa/
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# The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2562.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2562.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [ziggurat](https://www.worldhistory.org/ziggurat/), the "Tongue Tower," today one of the most vividly identifiable surviving ziggurats, is identified in the later Talmudic and Arabic [culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/) with the Tower of [Babel](https://www.worldhistory.org/babylon/). However, modern scholarship concludes that the Sumero-[Akkadian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/akkadian/) builders of the ziggurat in reality erected it as a religious edifice in honor of the local [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Nabu](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nabu/), the son of [Babylon](https://www.worldhistory.org/babylon/)'s [Marduk](https://www.worldhistory.org/Marduk/), as would be appropriate for Babylon's lesser sister [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/).

Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2014, April 12). The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2562/the-tongue-tower-temple-of-nabu-borsippa/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 12, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2562/the-tongue-tower-temple-of-nabu-borsippa/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Apr 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2562/the-tongue-tower-temple-of-nabu-borsippa/>.

## License & Copyright

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