Sippar
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 20, 2017 11:26 PM
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History
Sippar (or Zimbir) was an ancient city located on the east bank of the Euphrates river at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah. In order to avoid confusing this site with its sister city of Sippar-Amnanum (Tell ed-Der), it is sometimes labeled as Sippar-Yahrurum.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/894089
33.0578375, 44.2566075
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 22458 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- None
- Baduldua bounds Sippar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Bāṣ located near Sippar (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ebabbar located at Sippar (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Eedinna located at Sippar (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekinu located at Sippar (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekunankuga located at Sippar (2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekurra located at Sippar (720 BC - 540 BC)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Sippar
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Abu Habba
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sippar: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/894089> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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