Dilbat

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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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Elevation: 29 m

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