Historical place profile
Sippar
Sippar (or Zimbir) was an ancient city located on the east bank of the Euphrates river at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah. In order to avoid confusing this site with its sister city of Sippar-Amnanum (Tell ed-Der), it is sometimes labeled as Sippar-Yahrurum.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:894089
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:894089
- Place type
- archaeological-site, findspot, settlement
- Coordinates
- 33.059738, 44.254243
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Sippar (or Zimbir) was an ancient city located on the east bank of the Euphrates river at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah. In order to avoid confusing this site with its sister city of Sippar-Amnanum (Tell ed-Der), it is sometimes labeled as Sippar-Yahrurum.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Sippar
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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