Sippar (Sumerian: 𒌓𒄒𒉣𒆠, Zimbir) (also Sippir or Sippara) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates...

Old Babylonian Meissner fragment (the larger surviving fragment of the Sippar tablet) has been used to reconstruct possible earlier forms of the Epic...

universally regarded as one of the primary gods, he was particularly venerated in Sippar and Larsa. The moon god Nanna (Sin) and his wife Ningal were regarded as...

attention has focused on an area roughly defined by 1) near Eshnunna, 2) near Sippar, 3) not far from Kish and Babylon, 4) near the Tigris River, and 5) not...

Sippar-Amnanum (also Sippar-Annunitum, Sippar-rabum, Sippar-durum, and Sippar-Anunit ), modern Tell ed-Der (also Teil ed-Der) in Baghdad Governorate,...

19 June, and in the city of Sippar until at least 20 June. The earliest tablet dated to the reign of Nabonidus at Sippar is from 26 June. However, a tablet...

the Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar, and the Nabonidus Cylinders from Ur, four in number. The Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar is a long text in which Nabonidus...

distinct deity. She was the tutelary goddess of the cities of Akkad and Sippar-Amnanum, though she was also worshiped elsewhere in Mesopotamia. As attested...

commonly, but not certainly, identified with the twin cities of Sippar Yahrurum and Sippar Amnanum on the banks of the Euphrates, north of Babylon. The name...

temples of Šamaš the sun god, the warrior goddess Anunitu (both located in Sippar), and the sanctuary that Naram-Sin built to the moon god, located in Harran...

some 30 of the 57 laws to be reconstructed. Two exemplars were found in Sippar. One (Si 277), held at the Istanbul Museum, bears the prologue and lines...

wife of Shamash, the sun god. She was worshiped alongside her husband in Sippar. Multiple royal inscriptions pertaining to this city mention her. She was...

together from epigraphic remains found elsewhere, such as at Uruk, Nippur, Sippar, Mari, and Haradum. The earliest known mention of Babylon as a small town...

decisive victory for Persia. Shortly afterwards, the Babylonian city of Sippar surrendered to Persian forces, who then supposedly entered Babylon without...

kingship was taken to Sippar. In Sippar, En-men-dur-ana became king; he ruled for 21,000 years. 1 king; he ruled for 21,000 years. Then Sippar fell and the kingship...

Mesopotamia. Shown are Washukanni, Nineveh, Hatra, Assur, Nuzi, Palmyra, Mari, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Nippur, Isin, Lagash, Uruk, Charax Spasinu and Ur, from...

484 BC, the fourth month of Xerxes's second year as king. The citizens of Sippar (north of Babylon) proclaimed Shamash-eriba as king of Babylon and he also...

from Sippar, Iraq. 6th century BCE. British Museum Map of the World from Sippar, Iraq, 6th century BCE. British Museum Map of the World from Sippar, Iraq...

fully separate class. The best documented community of nadītu resided in Sippar, where they were associated with the god Shamash. They were not allowed...

also transliterated as Dabîtum or Dabītum, was a slave-girl who lived in Sippar during the Old Babylonian period (c. 1900–1600 BC). She is known today for...

in Ur, was born. c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), is made. It is now in Musée du...

Sumerian theonyms. The best attested temples dedicated to her existed in Sippar (in modern Iraq) and in Terqa (in modern Syria). Finds from excavations...

discovered in 1881 by Hormuzd Rassam at Sippar. The monument mainly deals with the refurbishment of the Ebabbar temple in Sippar. It was assumed to be a legitimate...

instead of cuneiform script. Babylon Eridu Isin Kish Lagash Larsa Mari Nippur Sippar Tuttul Ur Uruk Tell Leilan Kurda Nineveh Tell al-Rimah Ekallatum The Old...

comes to goddesses worshiped in Sippar. It has been proposed that a goddess depicted frontally on some seals from Sippar might be Mamu, but it is also possible...

north as Upper Mesopotamia. The Ur III provinces, from north to south were Sippar, Tiwe, Urum, Puö, Gudua, Babylon, Kis, Kazallu, Apiak, Marad, Nippur, Uru-sagrig...

of them were also said to have been taken up into heaven. Additionally, Sippar, the city of Enmeduranki, is associated with sun worship, while the 365...

indicating that the river was a divinity. In Sumerian, the name of the city of Sippar in modern-day Iraq was also written UD.KIB.NUN, indicating a historically...

was the city, rather than individual rulers, to which kingship was given. Sippar Tell Leilan Nippur Isin Larsa Kish Adab Susa The Sumerian King List is known...

including Anu (rightmost, second row) on a kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125–1104 BCE Abode heaven Symbol horned crown on a pedestal Number...