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Also known as Tell Asmar

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.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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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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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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Commons category
Eshnunna
culture
Sumer
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