Sippar
Americannoun
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One of the key goals of the LMU-Baghdad collaboration is to decipher hundreds of cuneiform tablets from the renowned Sippar Library and ensure their preservation.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
He went on to find and excavate the Babylonian city of Sippar, to discover the great bronze doors of the palace of Balawat, and to send more than 70,000 cuneiform tablets back to London.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2015
If thou shouldst set forth to Sippar, thy life would not endure a single day.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
The season is too late for lion-hunting; your command over the treasury equals mine; I have at present not one dancer that would please you; and for the matter of soldiers—go to Nânâ-Babilû at Sippar.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
Bel and Anu remained supreme; the sun-god of Akkad or Sippar had to content himself with a subordinate rank.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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