Borsippa/Burs

settlement · 2335 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient city of Sumer, southwest of Babylon, on the east bank of the Euphrates River. Modern Birs Nimrūd in Iraq.

Coordinates

32.39240, 44.34340

Also known as

Barsip (akk), Barsipa (akk), Barsippa (grc), Barzeb, Barsip, BAD.SI.AB.BA.KI, BAD.SI.A.AB.BA.KI (akk), Birs Nimrud, Birs Nimrūd (ar), Birs Nimrūd, Birs Nimrud (arb), Borsipa (hr), Borsipo (eo), Borsippa, Borszippa (hu), Burs, Burs, Birs (arb), Šušān, Shushan (arc), Барсіпа (be), Борсиппа (ba), בורסיפה (he), برس نمرود (ar), بورسيبا (ar), بورسیپا (fa), ボルシッパ (ja), 보르시파 (ko)

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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