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- | ===== Cities ===== | ||
- | **[[site_descriptions|Here]]** is a list of sites in the Ancient Near East with their ancient and modern names.\\ | ||
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- | **Adab**\\ | ||
- | 1. Location: Modern tell of Bismaya (NLat 31°57', | ||
- | 2. Excavation History: Excavations in 1904-1905 (University of Chicago, E. J. Banks)\\ | ||
- | 3. Writing of the City Name: UD.NUN< | ||
- | 4. Patron Deities: goddess Nintu + her consort Ašgi\\ | ||
- | 5. Kings: [[Early Dynastic Rulers of Babylonia|Early Dynastic Rulers of Adab]]\\ | ||
- | 6. Written Documentation: | ||
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- | **Nippur**\\ | ||
- | 1. Location: Modern tell of Nuffar (NLat 32°08' | ||
- | 2. Excavation History: Excavations from 1889 to 1900 (University of Pennsylvania and Babylonian Exploration Fund and in the years following 1948 (University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania\\ | ||
- | 3. Writing of the City Name: EN. LIL< | ||
- | 4. Patron Deities: Enlil, (chief god of the Sumerian pantheon) + her consort Ninlil. His shrine in Nippur is called the E-kur. The chief god of the city is Ninurta\\ | ||
- | 5. Kings:\\ | ||
- | 6. Written Documentation: |