Ancient Babylonia - Nippur
An ancient city of Babylonia, a N Sumerian settlement on the Euphrates. It was
the seat of the important cult of the god Enlil, or Bel. Excavations at Nippur
have yielded the remains of several temples that date from the middle of the
3d millennium B.C. and were later rebuilt and restored many times. Over 40,000
clay tablets found there serve as a primary source of information on Sumerian
civilization. Assurbanipal erected a ziggurat in Nippur. Relics of the Persian
and Parthian periods have also been unearthed at the site.
Ancient Babylonia
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