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ID: 6005491
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005491
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sippar (deserted settlement)  Sippar (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 03 32 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.0580  decimal degrees
Long: 044 15 08 E  degrees minutes   Long: 44.2520  decimal degrees

Note: Was one of chief cities of Sumer, then located on E bank of Euphrates river; was a capital of Sargon of Akkad from ca. 2637 BCE; was religious center for worship of Shamash through 7th cen. BCE; often sacked; taken by Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BCE.

Names:
Sippar (preferred,C,V,S)
Sippara (C,V)
Abu Habba (C,V)
Zimbir (H,V)  ............ Persian name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bābil (governorate)  ............  Bābil (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Sippar (deserted settlement)  ................  Sippar (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was important center by 3rd mill. BC
archaeological site (C)  ............  excavations were begun in 1882; noted for ruins of temple to Shamash & many inscriptions
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Abu Habba..........  [VP]
....................  Parrot, Sumer (1961) table of sites
Sippar..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1120
Sippara..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 868
Zimbir..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 868
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 868
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1120
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Archaeological Sites of Israel, Egypt, and North Africa (1990)

 

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