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Shuruppak, the Glossary

Shuruppak (𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠, SU.KUR.RUki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.^[1]

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54 relations: Adab (city), Akkadian Empire, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, American Society of Overseas Research, Arsenical copper, Atra-Hasis, Avulsion (river), British Institute for the Study of Iraq, Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia), Edgar James Banks, Elamite language, Enlil-bani, Epic of Gilgamesh, Erich Schmidt (archaeologist), Euphrates, Flood myth, Friedrich Delitzsch, HathiTrust, Hermann Volrath Hilprecht, Instructions of Shuruppak, Internet Archive, Iraq, Jemdet Nasr, Jemdet Nasr period, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Ki (goddess), Kish (Sumer), Lagash, List of cities of the ancient Near East, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Ninlil, Nippur, Noah, Robert Koldewey, Samuel Noah Kramer, Shu-Sin, Shulgi, Sumer, Sumerian King List, Tepe Gawra, Third Dynasty of Ur, Tigris–Euphrates river system, Ubara-Tutu, Umma, University of Pennsylvania, Ur, Uruk, Utnapishtim, William Kelly Simpson, ... Expand index (4 more) »
1900 archaeological discoveries
History of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
Jemdet Nasr period
Populated places disestablished in the 2nd millennium BC
Populated places established in the 3rd millennium BC
Sumerian cities

Adab (city)

Adab or Udab (Sumerian: Adabki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur. Shuruppak and Adab (city) are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.

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Akkadian Empire

The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.

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Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate

Al-Qadisiyah Governorate (القادسية), also known as the Al-Diwaniyah Governorate (ٱلدِّيوَانِيَّة), is one of the governorates of Iraq.

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American Society of Overseas Research

The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), founded in 1900 as the American School of Oriental Study and Research in Palestine, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, which supports the research and teaching of the history and cultures of the Near East and Middle Eastern countries.

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Arsenical copper

Arsenical copper contains up to 0.5% arsenic which, at elevated temperatures, imparts higher tensile strength and a reduced tendency to scaling.

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Atra-Hasis

Atra-Hasis (𒀜𒊏𒄩𒋀|Atra-ḫasīs) is an 18th-century BC Akkadian epic, recorded in various versions on clay tablets, named for its protagonist, Atrahasis ('exceedingly wise').

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Avulsion (river)

In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel.

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British Institute for the Study of Iraq

The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) (formerly the British School of Archaeology in Iraq) is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia.

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Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft

The Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society), abbreviated DOG, is a German voluntary association based in Berlin dedicated to the study of the Near East.

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Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)

The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.

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Edgar James Banks

Edgar James Banks (May 23, 1866 – May 5, 1945), was an American diplomat, antiquarian and novelist.

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Elamite language

Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites.

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Enlil-bani

Enlil-bāni,Inscribed dEn-líl-dù or dEn-líl-ba-ni.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.

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Erich Schmidt (archaeologist)

Erich Friedrich Schmidt (September 13, 1897 – October 3, 1964) was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden.

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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Flood myth

A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Shuruppak and flood myth are Jemdet Nasr period.

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Friedrich Delitzsch

Friedrich Delitzsch (3 September 1850 – 19 December 1922) was a German Assyriologist.

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HathiTrust

HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.

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Hermann Volrath Hilprecht

Hermann Volrath Hilprecht (July 28, 1859 – March 19, 1925) was a German-American Assyriologist and archaeologist.

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Instructions of Shuruppak

The Instructions of Shuruppak (or, Instructions of Šuruppak son of Ubara-tutu) are a significant example of Sumerian wisdom literature.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Jemdet Nasr

Jemdet Nasr (جمدة نصر) (also Jamdat Nasr) is a tell or settlement mound in Babil Governorate (Iraq) that is best known as the eponymous type site for the Jemdet Nasr period (3100–2900 BC), and was one of the oldest Sumerian cities. Shuruppak and Jemdet Nasr are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Jemdet Nasr period.

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Jemdet Nasr period

The Jemdet Nasr Period is an archaeological culture in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).

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Journal of the American Oriental Society

The Journal of the American Oriental Society is a quarterly academic journal published by the American Oriental Society since 1843.

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Ki (goddess)

Ki (Sumerian) was the earth goddess in Sumerian religion, chief consort of the sky god An.

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Kish (Sumer)

Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon. Shuruppak and Kish (Sumer) are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.

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Lagash

Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq. Shuruppak and Lagash are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq, Populated places established in the 3rd millennium BC and Sumerian cities.

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List of cities of the ancient Near East

The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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Ninlil

Ninlil (DNIN.LÍL; meaning uncertain) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city. Shuruppak and Nippur are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq, history of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate and Sumerian cities.

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Noah

Noah appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions.

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Robert Koldewey

Robert Johann Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) was a German archaeologist, famous for his in-depth excavation of the ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq.

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Samuel Noah Kramer

Samuel Noah Kramer (September 28, 1897 – November 26, 1990) was one of the world's leading Assyriologists, an expert in Sumerian history and Sumerian language.

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Shu-Sin

Shu-Sin, also Šu-Suen (𒀭𒋗𒀭𒂗𒍪: DŠuDSîn, after the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine", formerly read Gimil-Sin) was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty.

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Shulgi

Shulgi (dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

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Sumerian King List

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.

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Tepe Gawra

Tepe Gawra is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement 15 miles NNE of Mosul in northwest Iraq that was occupied between 5000 and 1500 BC. Shuruppak and Tepe Gawra are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Populated places disestablished in the 2nd millennium BC.

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Third Dynasty of Ur

The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.

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Tigris–Euphrates river system

The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf.

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Ubara-Tutu

Ubara-tutu (or Ubartutu) of Shuruppak was the last antediluvian king of Sumer, according to some versions of the Sumerian King List.

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Umma

Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities. Shuruppak and Umma are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ur

Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq. Shuruppak and Ur are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq and Sumerian cities.

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Uruk

Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river. Shuruppak and Uruk are archaeological sites in Iraq, former populated places in Iraq, Jemdet Nasr period and Sumerian cities.

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Utnapishtim

Uta-napishtim ("he has found life" 𒌓𒍣), was a legendary king of the ancient city of Shuruppak in southern Iraq, who, according to several surviving narratives, survived the Flood by making a boat.

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William Kelly Simpson

William Kelly Simpson (January 3, 1928 – March 24, 2017) was an American professor of Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian literature, and Afro-Asiatic languages at Yale University.

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William Loftus (archaeologist)

William Kennett Loftus (13 November 1820, in Linton, Kent – 27 November 1858, at sea) was a British geologist, naturalist, explorer and archaeological excavator.

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William W. Hallo

William Wolfgang Hallo (March 9, 1928 – March, 27, 2015, Yale News, March 30, 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017., The New Haven Register, Mar. 29, 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017.) was professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and curator of the Babylonian collection at Yale University.

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