Der

Der but more recent scholarship has rebutted that. The principal god of Der was Ištaran. In the 1st millennium BC, he was also referred to as Anu rabû in Akkadian. The name of his temple at Der was Edimgalkalama.
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Photo: Zunkir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Der (Tell Aqar)” and “Tell Aqar”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Badra.

Town
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is a town in eastern in , near the Iranian border. It is populated by Arabs and Turkmen, and more recently by Kurds after their migration from western Iran.

Der

Latitude
33.12368° or 33° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
45.93138° or 45° 55′ 53″ east
Open location code
8H574WFJ+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 992796016
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q262432
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Ukrainian—“Der” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደር”
  • Arabic: “دير (سومر)”
  • Arabic: “دير”
  • Bashkir: “Дер”
  • Bashkir: “Дурум”
  • Catalan: “Der”
  • Chinese: “德爾”
  • Czech: “Der”
  • Danish: “Der”
  • Dutch: “Der”
  • Dutch: “Tell Aqar”
  • French: “Der”
  • French: “Tell Aqar”
  • German: “Der”
  • German: “Tell Aqar”
  • Hebrew: “דיר”
  • Hungarian: “Dér”
  • Italian: “Der”
  • Japanese: “デル (シュメール)”
  • Lithuanian: “Deras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Der”
  • Norwegian: “Der”
  • Polish: “Der”
  • Russian: “Дер”
  • Russian: “Дурум”
  • Slovak: “Der”
  • Slovenian: “Der”
  • Spanish: “Der”
  • Swedish: “Der”
  • Ukrainian: “Дер”

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