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ID: 6005491 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005491			Record Type: administrative

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:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Iraq (nation) (P)

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Bābil (governorate) (P)

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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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