🧿 Shuruppak

Iraq · Asia · 31.78°N, 45.51°E

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. Not to be confused with the Levantine archaeological site Tell el-Far'ah (South).

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Quick facts

Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.78°N, 45.51°E · view on map

Shuruppak is located in Iraq, in Asia.

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