Eshnunna
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Eshnunna (Ešnunna, also Ašnunna, Išnun, Ašnun, Ašnunnak, and Ešnunak.) (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu. It is sometimes, in very early archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tupliaš.
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Eshnunna is a human settlement, archaeological site, and city-state located in Iraq. It is situated within the administrative territorial entity of Baqubah and is associated with Sumerian culture. The site lies at an elevation of 42 meters and operates in the UTC+03:00 time zone.
According to OpenStreetMap data, the location is identified as a village named ‘Abd Allah Shayyā‘ in the Diyala Governorate. GeoNames records the population of this specific settlement as 0. The area is referenced by 192 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- عبد الله شياع
- Region
- محافظة ديالى
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Eshnunna
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Asmar
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.location
- Iraq
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.built
- Late 4th Millennium BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Bronze Age
- Ancient site.cultures
- Early Dynastic, Akkadian, Ur III, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1930 to 1936, 2001-2002
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Henri Frankfort, Seton Lloyd, Thorkild Jacobsen, Salah Rumaid
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Bronze
- Ur III period
- Middle Bronze
- Isin-Larsa period
- Late Bronze
- Archaeology
- Square Temple of Abu
- Laws of Eshnunna
- List of rulers
- Excavation photographs
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Eshnunna (Ešnunna, also Ašnunna, Išnun, Ašnun, Ašnunnak, and Ešnunak.) (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu. It is sometimes, in very early archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tupliaš.
The tutelary deity of the city was Tishpak (Tišpak) though other gods, including Sin, Adad, and Inanna of Kiti (Kitītum) were also worshiped there. The personal goddesses of the rulers were Belet-Šuḫnir and Belet-Terraban.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eshnunna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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