Sippar
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Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Sippar of Shamash | 0 | 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 (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sippar of Shamash