Larsa
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larsa-179-17293520
title:
Larsa
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Larsa, also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon 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 25 km (16 mi) 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. Larsa is thought to be the source of a number of tablets involving Babylonian mathematics, includin
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wiki
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City-state in ancient Sumer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsa
date created:
2002-09-14T20:50:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T05:44:38Z
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