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سیپار
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Sippar (Sumerian: , Zimbir) (also Sippir or Sippara) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river. Its tell is located at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah near Yusufiyah in Iraq's Baghdad Governorate, some north of Babylon and southwest of Baghdad. The city's ancient name, Sippar, could also refer to its sister city, Sippar-Amnanum (located at the modern site of Tell ed-Der); a more specific designation for the city here referred to as Sippar was Sippar-Yaḫrurum (Sippar-Jaḫrurum). The name comes from the Amorite Yaḫrurum tribe that li
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Sippar, also known as Tell Abu Habbah, is an archaeological site and human settlement located in Iraq. It lies within Baghdad Governorate, specifically in the Mahmudiya District near the city of Samit Ali. The site is situated at an elevation of 42 meters and is associated with Sumerian culture.
The area contains the ruins of the Ebabbar Temple. According to available data, the population of the site is listed as 0. It is described in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Sippar
- Ancient site.native_name
- Sippar
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Early Dynastic, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1880-1881, 1894, 1972-1973, 1978-2002
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Hormuzd Rassam, Jean-Vincent Scheil, H. Gasche, Walid al-Jadir
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Iraq
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Hammurabi's Babylonia 1.svg
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- Commons category
- Sippar
- culture
- Sumer
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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