Zabala (Sumer)

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Coordinates: 31°44′11″N, 45°52′17″E

Zabala (also Zabalam, modern Tell Ibzeikh site, Iraq) was a city of ancient Sumer in what is now the Dhi Qar governorate in Iraq.

Cuneiform texts state that Hammurabi built Zabala's ziggurat Ezi-Kalam-ma to the goddess Innana. [1]

Before Sumer was consolidated, Zabala was a village administered under the nearby city-state of Umma. [2]

[edit] See also

Cities of the Ancient Near East

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2.2 Babylonian History
  2. ^ Hansen, Mogens Herman (2002) A Comparative Study of Six City-State Cultures. Kgl. Danske ISBN 87778763169 p28


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