Sippar

E70729

ancient Mesopotamian city archaeological site

Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sippar canonical	12
Sippar of Shamash	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Mesopotamian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
administrativeRole	administrative center ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteName	Tell Abu Habbah ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Aya ⓘ Shamash ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
culture	Akkadian ⓘ Babylonian ⓘ
excavatedBy	Hormuzd Rassam ⓘ
excavationsBeganIn	1880s ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Akkadian Empire ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Babylonian period Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Old Babylonian period
functionedAs	administrative hub ⓘ judicial center ⓘ
hadInstitution	scribal school ⓘ temple archive ⓘ
hadMainTemple	Ebabbar ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Sippar ⓘ surface form: Sippar of Shamash
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Sippar self-link ⓘ
knownFor	astronomical texts ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ legal documents ⓘ sun god cult ⓘ temple of Shamash ⓘ
languageUsed	Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ modern-day Iraq ⓘ southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River
locatedNorthOf	Babylon ⓘ
mainTempleDedicatedTo	Shamash ⓘ
majorCultCenterOf	Shamash ⓘ
majorDeityInCity	Shamash ⓘ
mentionedIn	Mesopotamian king lists ⓘ cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: ancient Near East
periodOfOccupation	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
politicalRole	provincial capital ⓘ
region	Baghdad Governorate ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
religiousRole	religious center ⓘ
religiousSignificance	center of sun god worship ⓘ
typeOfSettlement	city ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Neo-Babylonian Empire → significantPlace → Sippar ⓘ

Sippar → hasAlternativeName → Sippar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sippar of Shamash

Sippar → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Sippar self-link ⓘ

Babylonians → urbanCenter → Sippar ⓘ

Shamash → majorCultCenter → Sippar ⓘ

Sumerian King List → listsCity → Sippar ⓘ

Utu → cityOfWorship → Sippar ⓘ

Ninsun → worshipPlace → Sippar ⓘ

Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → majorCity → Sippar ⓘ

Ebabbar → locatedIn → Sippar ⓘ

Ebabbar → principalTempleIn → Sippar ⓘ

Tell Abu Habbah → marksSiteOf → Sippar ⓘ

Tell Abu Habbah → ancientCityAtSite → Sippar ⓘ