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Sargon shared his name with two later Mesopotamian kings. Sargon I was a king of the Old Assyrian period presumably named after Sargon of Akkad. Sargon II was a Neo-Assyrian king named after Sargon of Akkad; it is this king whose name was rendered Sargon ( סַרְגוֹן) in the Hebrew Bible ( Isaiah 20:1).
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Incantation bowl. Incantation bowls are a form of protective magic found in what is now Iraq and Iran. Produced in the Middle East during late antiquity from the sixth to eighth centuries, particularly in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria, [1] the bowls were usually inscribed in a spiral, beginning from the rim and moving toward the center. Most are ...
Kish ( Sumerian: Kiš; Kiš ki; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; [1] Akkadian: Kiššatu, [2] near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate ( Iraq ), located 80 km (50 mi) south of Baghdad and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the ancient city of Babylon. The Ubaid period site of Ras al-Amiyah is 8 km (5.0 mi) away.
Lagash (modern Al-Hiba in Dhi Qar Governorate) was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East. The ancient site of Nina ( Tell Zurghul) is around 10 km (6.2 mi) away and marks the southern limit of the state. Nearby Girsu (modern Telloh), about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, was the religious center of the Lagash state.
The work known by its incipit, Angim, "The Return of Ninurta to Nippur ", is a rather obsequious 210-line mythological praise poem for the ancient Mesopotamian warrior-god Ninurta, describing his return to Nippur from an expedition to the mountains ( KUR ), where he boasts of his triumphs against "rebel lands" ( KI.BAL ), boasting to Enlil in ...
Nippur ( sumeriksi Nibru, akkadiksi Nibbur) oli muinainen Etelä- Mesopotamian kaupunki, jota alueen silloiset asukkaat sumerilaiset pitivät pyhänä kaupunkina. Kaupunki sijaitsee nykyisessä Nuffarin rauniokummussa Arakissa, Qadisiyyan maakunnan alueella Irakissa. Muinoin Nippur oli Eufratista haarautuneen Shatt-en-Nilin kanavan varrella.
