Eshnunna
Sign in to saveEshnunna (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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city-state
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Baqubah
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Woman head Tell Asmas Louvre AO12434.jpg
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- P2596
- Sumer
- P8168
- Aga Mikolaj
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Article
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.