Choga Zambil means 'basket
mound.'It was built about 1250 BC
by the kingUntash-Napirisha, mainly to honor the great godInshushinak. Its original name wasDur Untash, which means 'town
of Untash', but it is unlikely that many people, besides priests and servants,
ever lived there. The complex is protected by three concentric walls which
define the main areas of the 'town'
