Mashkan-shapir
Mashkan-shapir was an ancient tell roughly 30 kilometres north of Nippur and around 90 miles southeast of Baghdad. The city god of Mashkan-shapir was Nergal and a temple named Meslam dedicated to him was built there.- Archaeological site
- …is also known as “Tell Abu Duwari”
- Description: archaeological site in Iraq
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Latitude
32.22859° or 32° 13′ 43″ north
Longitude
45.30675° or 45° 18′ 24″ east
Open location code
8H4768H4+CP
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Mashkan-shapir” goes by many names.
مشكان- شابيرArabic
Mashkan ShapirCatalan
Maskham-shapirCatalan
Mashkan-shapirDutch
Tell Abu DuwariDutch
مشكان شابيرEgyptian Arabic
Mashkan-shapirIndonesian
Mashkan-shapirIrish
Mashkan-shapirItalian
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