Der

Der or Dēru 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.
  • Ruins
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Der (Tell Aqar)”
    “Tell Aqar”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Badra.
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Latitude
33.12368° or 33° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
45.93138° or 45° 55′ 53″ east
Open location code
8H574WFJ+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Urdu—“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”
  • Turkish: “Der”
  • Turkish: “Tel Aker”
  • Ukrainian: “Дер”
  • Urdu: “دیر (سومر)”
  • Urdu: “دیر”
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

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