Iraq
Dhi Qar
Al-Rifa’i District

Girsu

Girsu was one of the principal cities of ancient Sumer, serving as the religious capital of the state of . Continuously inhabited from around 5000 BC to 1750 BC, Girsu flourished as a major sacred, administrative and intellectual centre during the third millennium BC.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Sumerian city
  • Also known as: “Tello”

Girsu

Latitude
31.56236° or 31° 33′ 45″ north
Longitude
46.1789° or 46° 10′ 44″ east
Open location code
8H38H56H+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 307334507
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q853946
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Girsu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيرسو”
  • Arabic: “كرسو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Girsu”
  • Bashkir: “Гирсу”
  • Bashkir: “Телло”
  • Basque: “Girsu”
  • Belarusian: “Гірсу”
  • Catalan: “Girsu”
  • Catalan: “Ngirsu”
  • Czech: “Girsu”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Girsu”
  • Dutch: “Girsu”
  • Dutch: “Tello”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيرسو”
  • Finnish: “Girsu”
  • French: “Girsu”
  • French: “Tello”
  • French: “Telloh”
  • German: “Girsu”
  • German: “Tall Lawh”
  • German: “Tello”
  • German: “Telloh”
  • Hebrew: “נגירסו”
  • Hungarian: “Ningirszu”
  • Hungarian: “Ningírszu”
  • Indonesian: “Girsu”
  • Irish: “Girsu”
  • Italian: “Girsu”
  • Italian: “Telloh”
  • Japanese: “ギルス”
  • Korean: “기르수”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Girsu”
  • Norwegian: “Girsu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Girsu”
  • Persian: “گیرسو”
  • Polish: “Girsu”
  • Portuguese: “Girsu”
  • Portuguese: “Guirsu”
  • Russian: “Гирсу”
  • Serbian: “Гирсу”
  • Slovak: “Girsu”
  • Slovenian: “Girsu”
  • Spanish: “Girsu”
  • Spanish: “G̃irsu”
  • Spanish: “Jirsu”
  • Spanish: “Ngirsu”
  • Swedish: “Girsu”
  • Swedish: “Telloh”
  • Tagalog: “Girsu”
  • Tamil: “கிர்சு”
  • Turkish: “Girsu”
  • Ukrainian: “Jirsu”
  • Ukrainian: “Гірсу”
  • Vietnamese: “Girsu”

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