History & heritageAl-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq
Shuruppak
Archaeological site in Iraq.
About
Shuruppak, also Šuruppak, modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate. Shuruppak was dedicated to Ninlil, also called Sud, the goddess of grain and the air. The Early Dynastic IIIa period is also sometimes called the Fara period.
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Location
Open map: Shuruppak and 5 nearby attractions31.77736, 45.50976 · Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
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Photo credits (5)
- Isin: Gryffindor · Public domain · Commons
- Zabala: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Umma: Rama · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr · Commons
- Nippur: Jasmine N. Walthall, U.S. Army · Public domain · Commons
- Adab: Marie-Lan Nguyen · Public domain · Commons





