Kisurra

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Kissura (modern Tell Abu Hatab site, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian city situated on the west bank of the middle Euphrates River, north of Shuruppak.

Kissura's main deity was Ninurta. Later, Ishara's main Mesopotamian cult centre was at Kisurra, although she is also thought to have been worshipped across a wide area amongst Syrians, Canaanites, and Hittites^[1].

1 History
2 Archaeology
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Kissura was established ca. 2700 BC, during the Sumerian Early Dynastic II period.

The southern end of the Isinnitum Canal was joined back into the Euphrates at Kisurra.^[2] The city lasted as a center for commerce and transport through the Akkadian and part of the Babylonian empires, until cuneiform texts and excavation show a decline during the time of Hammurabi (c.1800 BCE). ^[3]

List of Dynastic Kings of Kisurra:

Itur Szamasz c.2138 BCE built the 'gate of Hadi-el', the wall of Kisurra. ^[4]

Manabaltiel c.2123 BCE

In 2113 BCE the city of Kisurra lost its independence under the suzerainty of the Kings of the City Ur

Szarrasyurrm c.2108 BCE

Ubaya c2093 BCE

Zikrum c2078 BCE

In the year 2048 BCE King Bur-Sin of Ur removed the King of Kisurra

Ibbi Szamasz 2030-2013 BCE

King Ur Nammu of Ur removes King Ibbi Shamash from the throne in 2013 BCE ^[5]

[edit] Archaeology

German archaeologists have found many cuneiform tablets from Tell Abu Hatab.

[edit] See also

Cities of the Ancient Near East

[edit] References

^ Isara
^ Sumerian Waterways
^ Rogers, Robert William (1915) A History of Babylonia and Assyria. The Abingdon Press p435
^ NETBible: Babylon
^ Zimmerer, Neil (2003) The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim. Adventures Unlimited Press ISBN 1931882223 p30