Sippar

Sippar was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the river. Its tell is located at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah near in 's , some 69 km north of and 30 km southwest of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hill
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Tel Abu Haba”, “Tell Abu Habbah”, “Zimber”, “Zimbir”, “짐비르”, and “𒌓𒄒𒉣𒆠”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yusufiyah.

Town
is a regional township in the of .

Sippar

Latitude
33.0595° or 33° 3′ 34″ north
Longitude
44.2553° or 44° 15′ 19″ east
Open location code
8H563754+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 456641882
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­hill
Wiki­data ID
Q619707
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sippar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيبار”
  • Asturian: “Sippar”
  • Bashkir: “Сиппар”
  • Basque: “Sippar”
  • Belarusian: “Сіпар”
  • Catalan: “Sippar”
  • Cebuano: “Abu Habba”
  • Central Kurdish: “سیپار”
  • Chinese: “西帕尔”
  • Chinese: “辛比爾”
  • Croatian: “Sipar”
  • Czech: “Sippar”
  • Dutch: “Sippar”
  • Esperanto: “Sippar”
  • Finnish: “Sippar”
  • French: “Sippar”
  • Georgian: “სიფარი”
  • German: “Sippar”
  • Hebrew: “סיפר”
  • Hindi: “सिप्पर”
  • Hungarian: “Szippar”
  • Indonesian: “Sipar”
  • Irish: “Sippar”
  • Italian: “Sippar”
  • Japanese: “シッパル”
  • Korean: “시파르”
  • Latin: “Sippara”
  • Lithuanian: “Siparas”
  • Maori: “Sippar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sippar”
  • Norwegian: “Sippar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sippar”
  • Persian: “سیپار”
  • Polish: “Sippar”
  • Portuguese: “Sipar”
  • Romanian: “Sippar”
  • Russian: “Сиппар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sippar”
  • Slovak: “Sippar”
  • Slovenian: “Sipar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیپار”
  • Spanish: “Sippar”
  • Swedish: “Sippar”
  • Tagalog: “Sippar”
  • Tamil: “சிப்பர்”
  • Turkish: “Sippar”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіппар”
  • Urdu: “سیپار”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Abu Habba and Sibiyar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: تل سيبار and Ebabbar Temple.

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