Nippur

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Sumerian city ancient city archaeological site

Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Nippur canonical 32
city of Nippur 2
Enlil in Nippur 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientRegion Sumer ⓘ
archaeologicalMoundName Nuffar ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Ninlil ⓘ
Nuska ⓘ
continuedImportanceIn Kassite period ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian period
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalSphere Ancient Near East ⓘ
EkurDedicatedTo Enlil ⓘ
excavatedBy University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
excavationStartCentury 19th century ⓘ
flourishedDuring 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Early Dynastic period ⓘ
Ur III period ⓘ
hadTemple Ekur ⓘ
knownFrom Akkadian literature ⓘ
Sumerian literature ⓘ
cuneiform texts ⓘ
languageEvidence Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian language ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedOn Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River region
majorDeity Enlil ⓘ
mentionedIn Enlil hymns ⓘ
Sumerian King List ⓘ
modernNameVariant Niffer ⓘ
Nuffar ⓘ
partOf Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Fertile Crescent
politicalRole not usually a royal capital ⓘ
religious rather than political center ⓘ
primaryCultCenterOf Enlil ⓘ
regionType alluvial plain ⓘ
religiousFunction cult center ⓘ
major religious center ⓘ
religiousSignificance place where divine authority was confirmed ⓘ
religiousTitle seat of Enlil ⓘ
sacredStatus holy city ⓘ
religious capital of Sumer ⓘ
urbanFeature canal system ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
ziggurat of Enlil ⓘ
yields large number of cuneiform tablets ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamia → contains → Nippur ⓘ
Sumer → hasCityState → Nippur ⓘ
Code of Ur-Nammu → discoveredIn → Nippur ⓘ
Enlil → mainCultCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Enlil → templeLocation → Nippur ⓘ
Chebar canal → associatedCity → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nippur (traditional scholarly proposal)
Babylonians → urbanCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Sumerian language → primaryCenters → Nippur ⓘ
Ancient Near East → earliestCitiesInclude → Nippur ⓘ
Ekur → locatedIn → Nippur ⓘ
Sumerian literature → primaryCitiesFeatured → Nippur ⓘ
Early Dynastic period → hasImportantCity → Nippur ⓘ
Kassite period → hasImportantCity → Nippur ⓘ
Nuska → cultCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Niffer → modernNameOf → Nippur ⓘ
Niffer → ancientName → Nippur ⓘ
ziggurat of Enlil → locatedIn → Nippur ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Enlil
ziggurat of Enlil → associatedCity → Nippur ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Enlil
Ea → worshipCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Sumerian religion → associatedWithCity → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlil in Nippur
Ur III dynasty → territoryIncludes → Nippur ⓘ
Ninlil → cultCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Ninlil → cityAssociation → Nippur ⓘ
Sud → associatedWithPlace → Nippur ⓘ
Ishkur → cultCenter → Nippur ⓘ
An → worshipedIn → Nippur ⓘ
Enlil and Ninlil → setting → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Nippur
Enlil and Ninlil → associatedCity → Nippur ⓘ
Ninsun → worshipPlace → Nippur ⓘ
Ninurta → majorCultCenter → Nippur ⓘ
Nuffar → modernNameOf → Nippur ⓘ
Nuffar → marksSiteOf → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Sumerian city of Nippur
Nuffar → ancientName → Nippur ⓘ
Nuffar → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuffar (for Nippur)
Lower Mesopotamia → contains → Nippur ⓘ
Ibbi-Sin → associatedWith → Nippur ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Nippur
Great Mountain → centerOfCultRegion → Nippur ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → majorCity → Nippur ⓘ