Eshnunna
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- Ency. Americana, 1975(Eshnunna was an ancient Mesopotamian city, the excavation site of which is Tell Asmar, Iraq. Founded about 3500 B.C. Little is known of its early history, except that around 2000 B.C. it was subservient to Sumer & its capital)
- Ency. Brit., 1982(Eshnunna, an ancient city marked by a mound, the modern Tell Asmar, lying in the Diyala river valley about 20 mi. N.E. of Baghdad in Iraq. The city expanded throughout the Early Dynastic Period and during its later years (c. 2400 B.C.) Following the collapse of Ur, Eshnunna became independent as one of several contending principalities ... lost control of the lower Diyala ... was reduced to a city-state. The city was defeated by Hammurabi, King of Babylonia)
- Wikipedia, Apr. 7, 2006(Eshnunna is the transliteration of the ancient name of a Sumerian city and city-state in lower Mesopotamia. Although situated in the Diyala Valley north-east of Sumeria proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural millieu)
- Yaron, R. The laws of Eshnunna, 1969:p. 1 (Eshnunna gained a position of political importance after the downfall of the 3rd dynasty of Ur. The city of Eshnunna (the present Tell Asmar) is situated to the east of the Tigris, on the bank of its tributary, the Diyala. The kingdom occupied an important strategic position between Assyria, Babylon, Isin and Larsa, and finally Elam)
- Yaron, R. The laws of Eshnunna, 1988:CIP t.p. (Eshnunna)
- Yaron, R. The laws of Eshnunna, 1969:p. 1 (Eshnunna gained a position of political importance after the downfall of the 3rd dynasty of Ur. The city of Eshnunna (the present Tell Asmar) is situated to the east of the Tigris, on the bank of its tributary, the Diyala. The kingdomoccupied an important strategic position between Assyria, Babylon, Isin and Larsa, and finally Elam.
- Ency. Brit., 1982(Eshnunna, an ancient city marked by a mound, the modern Tell Asmar, lying in the Diyala river valley about 20 mi. N.E. of Baghdad in Iraq. The city expanded throughout the Early Dynastic Period and during its later years (c.2400 B.C.) Following the collapse of Ur, Eshnunna became independent as one of several contending principalities ... lost control of the lower Diyala ... was reduced to a city-state. The city was defeated by Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.
- Ency. Americana, 1975(Eshnunna was an ancient Mesopotamian city, the excavation site of which is Tell Asmar, Iraq. Founded about 3500 B.C. Little is known of its early history, except that around 2000 B.C. it was subservient to Sumer & itscapital.
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Eshnunna (Ešnunna, also Ašnunna, Išnun, Ašnun, Ašnunnak, and Ešnunak.) (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu. It is sometimes, in very early archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tupliaš. The tutelary deity of the city was Tishpak (Tišpak) though other gods, including Sin, Adad, and Inanna of Kiti (Kitītum) were also worshiped there. The personal goddesses of the rulers were Belet-Šuḫnir and Belet-Terraban.
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