古代两河流域神庙名的文化考察

Cultural Investigation of the Name of the Temple of Ancient Mesopotamia

古代两河流域历史上建造了上千座神庙,神庙名采用苏美尔语é作为限定符号,指代包括神庙在内的所有宗教建筑。广泛使用于苏美尔时期的宗教赞美诗、祈祷文和皇室铭文并被后世不断沿用。神庙的命名遵循一定的原则和依据,提供了神庙的宇宙论重要性和地理位置以及神灵的神性、功能和生活图景等丰富信息,对研究古代两河流域宗教的具有重要意义。

The name of the temple of ancient Mesopotamia is the Sumerian language,which refers to all the religious buildings including the temple,widely used in the Sumerian hymns,prayers and royal inscriptions,and has been used by the later generations.The naming of the temple follows certain principles and basis,provides the cosmology importance and geographical location of the temple and rich information of the deity,function and life prospect of the gods,which is of great significance to study the religion of ancient Mesopotamia.