Editing Shamash (section)

===Larsa===
The Ebabbar in Larsa is mentioned for the first time in a text from the reign [[Eannatum]].{{sfn|George|1993|p=70}} It was rebuilt, expanded or repaired by [[Ur-Nammu]] of [[Ur]], [[Zabaia|Zabaya]], [[Sin-Iddinam]], Hammurabi, one of the two rulers bearing the name Kadashman-Enlil ([[Kadashman-Enlil I]] or [[Kadashman-Enlil II]]), [[Burnaburiash I]], Nebuchadnezzar II and Nabonidus.{{sfn|George|1993|p=70}} Other rulers who have patronized it at some point include [[Gungunum]], [[Abisare]], [[Sumuel]], [[Nur-Adad]], [[Sin-Iqisham]], [[Kudur-Mabuk]], [[Warad-Sin]] and [[Rim-Sîn I]].{{sfn|George|1993|p=70}}

Odette Boivin notes that the deities of Larsa were apparently well represented in the pantheon of the [[First Sealand dynasty]].{{sfn|Boivin|2018|p=63}} She suggests that those kings might have associated their position both with Larsa and with its tutelary god.{{sfn|Boivin|2018|p=67}}

The Larsean form of the sun god was also worshiped in Uruk{{sfn|Krul|2018|p=64}} and a close connection between these two cities is well documented.{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|p=58}} At an unknown point in time after Larsa's loss of status, possibly in the [[Kassite period]], Uruk most likely gained influence over it,{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|p=60}} and in the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian period]], the Ebabbar was functionally a subordinate temple of [[Eanna]].{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|p=59}} Multiple letters attest that the latter was responsible for providing commodities required for the performance of various rites in the former, for example sacrificial animals or wool for garments of divine statues of Shamash and Belet Larsa ("Lady of Larsa," most likely a title of Aya).{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|pp=58-59}} Craftsmen employed by the Eanna were also responsible for repairing the paraphernalia of the deities of Ebabbar.{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|p=59}} Such a situation is otherwise unknown, as each temple usually maintained its own workshop.{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|pp=59-60}} A treasury of Shamash and Aya, distinct from that of the Eanna, is nonetheless attested.{{sfn|Beaulieu|1991|p=60}} Ebabbar most likely remained under control of the temple administration from Uruk  in the [[Hellenistic period]], though known names of the city's inhabitants from this period are predominantly Greek, rather than Mesopotamian.{{sfn|Krul|2018|p=64}}