Sippar
Americannoun
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One of the key goals of the LMU-Baghdad collaboration is to decipher hundreds of cuneiform tablets from the renowned Sippar Library and ensure their preservation.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
He went on to find and excavate the Babylonian city of Sippar, to discover the great bronze doors of the palace of Balawat, and to send more than 70,000 cuneiform tablets back to London.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2015
And Nânâ tried no more to persuade the king to leave Sippar, though, indeed, he felt what the end must be.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
Three weeks after the home army occupied Sippar, came word of the rapid advancement of Gobryas from the northeast; and the town was hurriedly prepared for a siege.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
If thou shouldst set forth to Sippar, thy life would not endure a single day.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
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