Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’

settlement · 18000 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient Sumerian settlement whose ruins lie at Nuffar in modern Iraq. Under various names it persisted as a settlement throughout the periods of Greek and Roman engagement in Babylonia.

Coordinates

32.12676, 45.23056

Also known as

Duranki (sux), Hippareni, Nib(u)ru, Nibru, Niburu (akk), Nibbur (akk), Nibru (akk), Niffar (ara), Niffar, Niffer (arb), Niffer, Niffār, Nippur, Nippur, EN.LÍL.KI (akk), Nufar, Nuffar (arb), Uzumua (sux), Νιπούρ (el), Ниппур (ba), Нипур (bg), Ніпур (be), ניפור (he), نفر (ar), نفر (ar), نیپور (fa), নিপপুর (bn), ኒፑር (am)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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