Girsu
Girsu was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Because of the initial velar nasal ŋ, the transcription of Ĝirsu is sometimes spelled as Ngirsu.Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Archaeological site
- …is also known as “Tello”
- Description: ancient Sumerian city
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
31.56236° or 31° 33′ 45″ north
Longitude
46.1789° or 46° 10′ 44″ east
Open location code
8H38H56H+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Girsu” goes by many names.
جيرسوArabic
كرسوArabic
GirsuAsturian
GirsuAzerbaijani
ГирсуBashkir
ТеллоBashkir
GirsuBasque
ГірсуBelarusian
GirsuCatalan
NgirsuCatalan
GirsuCzech
GirsuDimli (individual language)
GirsuDutch
TelloDutch
جيرسوEgyptian Arabic
נגירסוHebrew
NingírszuHungarian
GirsuIndonesian
GirsuIrish
GirsuItalian
TellohItalian
ギルスJapanese
기르수Korean
ГирсуRussian
ГирсуSerbian
GirsuSlovak
GirsuSlovenian
GirsuSwedish
TellohSwedish
GirsuTagalog
கிர்சுTamil
GirsuTurkish
JirsuUkrainian
ГірсуUkrainian
GirsuVietnamese
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