Dilbat

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Coordinates: 32°09′N, 44°30′E Dilbat (modern Tell ed-Duleim, Iraq)[1] was an ancient Sumerian minor city located southeast from Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern day Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq.

The ziggurat E-ibe-Anu, dedicated to the goddess Urash, was located in the center of the city and was mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh.[2]

[edit] History

Dilbat was founded during the Sumerian Early Dynastic II period, around 2700 BC, and had an estimated population of 5,000 with an archeological site covering 124 hectares (50 acres). [3] It was an early agricultural center cultivating einkorn wheat and producing reed products.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0006-0895(199212)55%3A4%3C219%3AWOETAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8
  2. ^ http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18897/18897-8.txt
  3. ^ Sumerian Cities with 27th Century BCE Population Estimates
  4. ^ Secrets of Sumer

[edit] External links

[1] Sumer Map with Dilbat labeled as T. ed Duleim


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