Tukuk-OS🧿 Adab (city)
Iraq · Asia · 31.95°N, 45.97°E
Adab was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers southeast of the latter. It was located at the site of modern Bismaya or Bismya in the Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate of Iraq. It lies on the eastern branch of the extinct ancient course of the Tigris River. The site was occupied at least as early as the 3rd millennium BC, through the Early Dynastic, Akkadian Empire, and Ur III Empire periods, into the Kassite period in the mid-2nd millennium BC. It is known that there were temples of Ninhursag/Digirmah, Iskur, Asgi, Inanna and Enki at Adab and that the city-god of Adab was Parag'ellilegarra (Panigingarra) "The Sovereign Appointed by Enlil". The site has been subject ot extensive illicit digging and systematic looting with more than 18,000 illicit pits dotting it.
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Quick facts
| Country | Iraq |
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| Continent / region | Asia |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 31.95°N, 45.97°E · view on map |
Adab (city) is located in Iraq, in Asia.
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