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Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru,
often logographically recorded as 𒂗𒆤𒆠, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;" Akkadian: Nibbur) was an
ancient Sumerian city. It was the special...
- in 1877 at
Girsu by the
French archeologist Ernest de Sarzec, in 1889 at
Nippur by John
Punnett Peters from the
University of
Pennsylvania between 1889...
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during the twenty-fourth
century BC with the rise of
Nippur. His cult fell into
decline after Nippur was
sacked by the
Elamites in 1230 BC and he was eventually...
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Nippur de
Lagash (English:
Nippur of Lagash) is an
Argentine historical comic series,
published between 1967 and 1998. It is set in the 23rd
century BC...
- as the Pre-Sargonic period. Hegemony,
which came to be
conferred by the
Nippur priesthood,
alternated among a
number of
competing dynasties,
hailing from...
- moon god
Nanna or the
warrior god Ninurta. She was
chiefly worshiped in
Nippur and
nearby Tummal alongside Enlil, and
multiple temples and
shrines dedicated...
- The Poor Man of
Nippur is an
Akkadian story dating from
around 1500 BC. It is
attested by only
three texts, only one of
which is more than a
small fragment...
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Nippur. A
first millennium bilingual hymn to
Nippur links Babylon and
Nippur together:
Nippur is the city of Enlil,
Babylon is his favorite.
Nippur and...
- success, he then
united Sumer briefly as a
single kingdom.
According to the
Nippur vase of Lugalzagesi, Lugal-Zage-Si was the son of Ukush,
governor of Umma:...
- Ninurta-Pāqidāt's Dog Bite, also
known as The Tale of the
Illiterate Doctor in
Nippur, is a text in
Akkadian cuneiform,
recorded on clay
Tablet W 23558 - IM 78552...
