Mashkan-shapir
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Mashkan-shapir (Maškan-šāpir) (modern Tell Abu Duwari, Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient tell roughly north of Nippur and around southeast of Baghdad. The city god of Mashkan-shapir was Nergal and a temple named Meslam dedicated to him was built there. It is about 20 kilometers south of ancient Malgium and about 30 kilometers from ancient Larsa. The remnants of a large watercourse, thought to be an ancient bed of the Tigris or Euphrates, pass close to the city.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Mashkan-shapir
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Abu Duwari
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.location
- Iraq
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1987-1990
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Elizabeth Stone, Paul Zimansky
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tell
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Location
- Mesopotamia
- Image
- Basse Mesopotamie PB.PNG
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- native label
- Tell Abu Duwari
- culture
- Mesopotamia
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Chalcolithic
- Early Bronze Age
- Middle Bronze Age
- Larsa period
- Old Babylonian period
- Iron Age
- Parthian period
- Archaeology
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Mashkan-shapir (Maškan-šāpir) (modern Tell Abu Duwari, Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient tell roughly north of Nippur and around southeast of Baghdad. The city god of Mashkan-shapir was Nergal and a temple named Meslam dedicated to him was built there. It is about 20 kilometers south of ancient Malgium and about 30 kilometers from ancient Larsa. The remnants of a large watercourse, thought to be an ancient bed of the Tigris or Euphrates, pass close to the city.
==History== ===Chalcolithic=== Thought occupied during the Ubaid period (based on clay sickle fragments) and Uruk period (based on pottery fragments).
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