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Larsa

Human settlement

Cityhuman settlement archaeological site hillQ244746

Also known as Tell as-Senkereh

Country: Iraq
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Located in: Dhi Qar Governorate
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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.

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Significant event: archaeological excavation(1903) director of archaeological fieldwork: Walter Andrae
archaeological excavation(1850) director of archaeological fieldwork: William Loftus
Culture: Sumer
Started: 4th millennium BCE
Ended: 1st century BCE
Participant in: Q3119177

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