Nippur

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

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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

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Mesopotamia contains Nippur
Sumer hasCityState Nippur
Enlil mainCultCenter Nippur
Enlil templeLocation Nippur
Chebar canal associatedCity Nippur
this entity surface form: Nippur (traditional scholarly proposal)
Babylonians urbanCenter Nippur
Ekur locatedIn 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
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
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