Nippur

E38027

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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sumerian city → ancient city → archaeological site →
ancientRegion	Sumer →
archaeologicalMoundName	Nuffar →
associatedWithDeity	Ninlil → Nuska →
continuedImportanceIn	Kassite period → 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 →
locatedIn	Mesopotamia → southern Mesopotamia →
locatedInPresentDay	Iraq →
locatedOn	Euphrates River region →
majorDeity	Enlil →
mentionedIn	Enlil hymns → Sumerian King List →
modernNameVariant	Niffer → Nuffar →
partOf	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chebar canal ("Nippur (traditional scholarly proposal)") →	associatedCity
Mesopotamia →	contains
Code of Ur-Nammu →	discoveredIn
Sumer →	hasCityState
Enlil →	mainCultCenter
Enlil →	templeLocation