Larsa

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Larsa (Sumerian logogram: UD.UNUGKI,ETCSL. The Lament for Nibru. Accessed 19 Dec 2010. read LarsamkiETCSL. The Temple Hymns. Accessed 19 Dec 2010.), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. Λαραγχων) by Berossos and connected with the biblical Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu with his temple E-babbar. It lies some southeast of Uruk in Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal at the site of the modern settlement Tell as-Senkereh or Sankarah. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: None

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