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Borsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BAKI or Birs Nimrud,
having been
identified with Nimrod) is an
archeological site in
Babylon Governorate, Iraq, built...
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decline during the ****enistic period.
Nearby ancient sites are Kish,
Borsippa, Dilbat, and Kutha. The
earliest known mention of
Babylon as a
small town...
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existed in this settlement.
Evidence for the
worship of Sin in
nearby Borsippa is
available from the Neo-Babylonian
period and late sources,
though he...
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inscriptions from
Borsippa, or an
unidentified local deity who came to be
equated with her. A late
cultic calendar presumed to come from
either Borsippa or Babylon...
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millennium BCE
indicate she was
venerated alongside Nabu in
cities such as
Borsippa and Kalhu. The
theonym Tashmetum has
Akkadian origin. It is
derived from...
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regime was
stabilized and he was
subsequently able to put down a
revolt in
Borsippa.: 6–8 His hold over Uruk
remained tenuous, as two
local dignitaries complained...
- Elish. The
previous patron deity of
Borsippa.
Although Hammurabi recognized Tutu's
dominion as
extending over
Borsippa and E-zida, Tutu
became another name...
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Diagnostic Handbook written by the ummânū, or
chief scholar, Esagil-kin-apli of
Borsippa,
during the
reign of the
Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina (1069–1046 BC)...
- palm trees.
Nebuchadnezzar also
directed building efforts on the city of
Borsippa, with
several of his
inscriptions recording restoration work on that city's...
- the son of the god Marduk. Nabu was
worshipped in Babylon's
sister city
Borsippa, from
where his
statue was
taken to
Babylon each New Year so that he could...
