Nippur
Americannoun
noun
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Chicago University professor Augusta McMahon was in southern Iraq, working at the 6,000-year-old Nippur site, when the war began.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
They built temples in the Sumerian city of Nippur, which was sacred to the storm god Enlil, the ruler of the gods in the Sumerian pantheon.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
To unify this new empire, Hammurabi initiated the construction of irrigation projects, built new temples at Nippur, and published his legal edicts throughout his realm.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Dr. Civil participated in excavations at the ancient city of Nippur and assembled texts that resembled literary jigsaw puzzles, piecing together hundreds of clay fragments stored at institutions around the world.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019
But from henceforward he had to share his divine honours with another; Bel of Nippur, indeed, conferred the sovereignty, but the sovereign was priest and vicegerent of Anu.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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