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Nippur

The cult centre of Enlil and the scholarly heart of Sumer (modern Nuffar); its Old Babylonian scribal school produced most surviving Sumerian literature. The pin marks where the tablet was found.

12 most-discussed ideas

Works composed here

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    En-metena 18

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    Utuk/Uhub 1

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    Ur-zage 1

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    Abzu-kidu 1

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    Abzu-kidu 2

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    Nammah 1

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    Ur-Enlil 1

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    Ur-Enlil 2

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    Anonymous Nippur 01

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    Anonymous Nippur 02

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    Anonymous Nippur 04

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    Anonymous Nippur 05

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    Anonymous Nippur 11

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    Anonymous Nippur 12

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    Anonymous Nippur 13

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    Anonymous Nippur 14

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    Anonymous Nippur 16

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    Anonymous Nippur 17

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    Anonymous Nippur 21

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    Anonymous Nippur 22

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    Anonymous Nippur 23

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    Anonymous Nippur 25

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    Anonymous Nippur 26

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    Anonymous Nippur 27

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    Anonymous Nippur 29

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    Anonymous Nippur 36

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    Anonymous Nippur 39

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    Anonymous Nippur 41

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    Anonymous Nippur 42

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    Anonymous Nippur 43

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    Anonymous Nippur 44

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    Anonymous Nippur 45

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    Anonymous Nippur 46

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    Anonymous Nippur 47

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    Anonymous Nippur 49

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    Anonymous Nippur 50

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    Anonymous Nippur 53

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    Anonymous Nippur 54

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    Anonymous Nippur 57

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    Anonymous Nippur 60

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    En-šakuš-Ana 1

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    En-šakuš-Ana 2

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 3a

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 1

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 2

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 5

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    Lugal-KISAL-si 1

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    Lugal-zage-si 1

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 3b

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    Lugal-kigine-dudu 7add

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    Anonymous Uruk 2

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    Anonymous Nippur 65add

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    En-šakuš-Ana 5add

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    Sargon 01 (Sumerian)

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    Sargon 02

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    Sargon 03

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    Sargon 07

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    Sargon 11 (Sumerian)

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    Sargon 11 (Akkadian)

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    Sargon 12

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    Sargon 13

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    Sargon 15

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    Utu-hegal 4 (The victory of Utu-hegal)

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    Rimuš 18 (Sumerian)

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Nippur. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.

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