built for the god Iskur (Hadad) based on a clay cone inscription reading "For the god Iskur, lord, fearsome splendour of heaven and earth, his lord, for the life of Ilum-gamil, king of Uruk, son of Sîn-iribam, Ubar-Adad, his servant, son of Apil-Kubi, built the Esaggianidu, ('House -- whose closing is good'), the residence of his office of en, and thereby made it truly befitting his own li[fe]".

Uruk into Late Antiquity

Although it had been a thriving city in Early Dynastic Sumer, especially Early

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