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Dilbat
Dilbat
Dilbat, modern Tell ed-Duleim or Tell al-Deylam, was an ancient Sumerian minor city located southeast from Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern-day Iraq. The ziggurat E-ibe-Anu, dedicated to the goddess Urash, was located in the center of the city and was mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Site Information
Country: Iraq
District: Al-Qadisiyah Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Sumer
Later Cultures: Sumer
Site Features: Sumerian Monuments
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