Sippar | |
  Shown within Iraq | |
| Location | Baghdad Governorate, Iraq |
|---|---|
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 33°03′32″N 44°15′08″E / 33.058829°N 44.252153°E |
| Type | settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Early Dynastic, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1880-1881, 1894, 1972-1973, 1978-2002 |
| Archaeologists | Hormuzd Rassam, Jean-Vincent Scheil, H. Gasche, Walid al-Jadir |
Sippar (Sumerian: 𒌓𒄒𒉣𒆠, Zimbir) (also Sippir or Sippara) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river. Its tell is located at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah near Yusufiyah in Iraq's Baghdad Governorate, some 69 km (43 mi) north of Babylon and 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Baghdad. The city's ancient name, Sippar, could also refer to its sister city, Sippar-Amnanum (located at the modern site of Tell ed-Der); a more specific designation for the city here referred to as Sippar was Sippar-Yaḫrurum (Sippar-Jaḫrurum). The name comes from the Amorite Yaḫrurum tribe that lived in the area along with the Amorite Amnanum tribe.[1] In Sippar was the site where the Babylonian Map of the World was found.[2]