Mashkan-shapir

Mashkan-shapir was an ancient tell roughly 30 kilometres north of and around 90 miles southeast of . The city god of Mashkan-shapir was Nergal and a temple named Meslam dedicated to him was built there.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Mashkan Shapir” and “Maskhamshapir”

Mashkan-shapir

Latitude
32.22859° or 32° 13′ 43″ north
Longitude
45.30675° or 45° 18′ 24″ east
Open location code
8H4768H4+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4633426697
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q2574582
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Mashkan-shapir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشكان- شابير”
  • Catalan: “Maskham-shapir”
  • Dutch: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Dutch: “Tell Abu Duwari”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مشكان شابير”
  • French: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • German: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Indonesian: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Irish: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Italian: “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Japanese: “マシュカン・シャピル”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mashkan-shapir”
  • Russian: “Машкан-шапир”
  • Spanish: “Maskham-shapir”

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