Nippur

Nibru, the city where the divine powers are presented to the gods

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as 𒂗𒆤𒆠, EN.LÍL^KI, ["Enlil City;" Akkadian: Nibbur) was a Sumerian city located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. It was the special seat of the cult of the Sumerian god Enlil.

Quotes

• Nibru, the city where the divine powers are presented to the gods.
  • Excerpt of a royal praise poem, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.

• August Nibru! No deity excels like your lord and lady!
  They are powerful princes; they are brilliantly revealed deities.
  No deity excels like Enlil or Ninlil!
  They are powerful princes; they are lords who can decide destinies.
  In your midst they have given divine powers to king Enki.
  Nibru, your holy songs are exceptionally precious, surpassing all praise!
  I, Icme-Dagan, have placed them in everyone's mouths for all time.
  • Ishme-Dagan, A hymn to Enki for Ishme-Dagan, at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

See also

• Ekur
• Sumerian proverbs#Proverbs from Nibru

External links

• University of Pennsylvania Museum excavations at Nippur
• The Nippur Expedition: the holy city of Nippur; history of excavations.
• Nippur Archaeological Site Photographs at Oriental Institute
• Drehem cuneiform tablets at Milliken University
• GeoLocation from Google
• 85/452 Tablet, cuneiform receipt for livestock, terracotta, Drehem, 2041 BCE