Eshnunna

Also known as Tell Asmar

Eshnunna (Ešnunna, also Ašnunna, Išnun, Ašnun, Ašnunnak, and Ešnunak.) (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu. It is sometimes, in very early archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tupliaš.

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Place details

Locality: عبد الله شياع
Region: محافظة ديالى
Country: العراق
Population: 0

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Key facts

Ancient site.name: Eshnunna
Ancient site.alternate_name: Tell Asmar
Ancient site.map_type: Iraq
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.map_size: 200
Ancient site.location: Iraq
Ancient site.type: settlement
Ancient site.built: Late 4th Millennium BC
Ancient site.epochs: Bronze Age
Ancient site.cultures: Early Dynastic, Akkadian, Ur III, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian
Ancient site.excavations: 1930 to 1936, 2001-2002
Ancient site.archaeologists: Henri Frankfort, Seton Lloyd, Thorkild Jacobsen, Salah Rumaid
Ancient site.condition: Ruined
Ancient site.ownership: Public
Ancient site.public_access: Yes

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Image: Woman head Tell Asmas Louvre AO12434.jpg

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Commons category: Eshnunna
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Article

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Contents

History
Early Bronze
Ur III period
Middle Bronze
Isin-Larsa period
Late Bronze
Archaeology
Square Temple of Abu
Laws of Eshnunna
List of rulers
Excavation photographs
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

The tutelary deity of the city was Tishpak (Tišpak) though other gods, including Sin, Adad, and Inanna of Kiti (Kitītum) were also worshiped there. The personal goddesses of the rulers were Belet-Šuḫnir and Belet-Terraban.