Īlthough construction in the city abruptly ended after Untash-Napirisha's death, the site was not abandoned, but continued to be occupied until it was destroyed by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 640 BC. In the outer area are royal palaces, a funerary palace containing five subterranean royal tombs. It is believed that twenty-two temples were originally planned, but the king died before they could be finished, and his successors discontinued the building work. The middle area holds eleven temples for lesser gods. The inner area is wholly taken up with a great ziggurat dedicated to the main god, which was built over an earlier square temple with storage rooms also built by Untash-Napirisha. The complex is protected by three concentric walls which define the main areas of the 'town'. Its original name was Dur Untash, which means 'town of Untash' in Assyrian, but it is unlikely that many people, besides priests and servants, ever lived there. The Elamite language is a language isolate Chogha Zanbil is typically translated as 'basket mound.' It was built about 1250 BC by the king Untash-Napirisha, mainly to honor the great god Inshushinak. It lies approximately 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Susa and 80 km (50 mi) north of Ahvaz. It is one of the few existing ziggurats outside Mesopotamia.
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Chogha Zanbil ( Persian: چغازنبيل Elamite: Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran.
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