Adab (city)

Bismaya
Adab, Udab
Adab is located in Iraq
Adab
Adab
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameBismya
LocationWasit Province, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates31°56′49″N 45°58′8″E / 31.94694°N 45.96889°E / 31.94694; 45.96889
Typetell
Site notes
Excavation dates1885, 1890, 1902, 1903–1904
ArchaeologistsW.H. Ward, J.P. Peters, W. Andrae, E.J. Banks
Location of Adab before the expansion of the Akkadian Empire (in green). The territory of Sumer appears in orange. Circa 2350 BCE

Adab or Udab (Sumerian: 𒌓𒉣𒆠 Adabki,[1] spelled UD.NUNKI[2]) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur. It was located at the site of modern Bismaya or Bismya in the Wasit Province of Iraq. The city-god of Adab was Parag'ellilegarra (Panigingarra) "The Sovereign Appointed by Ellil".[3][4]

  1. ^ The Sumerian King List. Accessed 15 Dec 2010.
  2. ^ The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 1. Part 1. Prolegomena & Prehistory.
  3. ^ Marchesi, Gianni and Marchetti, Nicolo, "Historical Framework", Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 97-128, 2011
  4. ^ Such-Gutiérrez, "Untersuchungen zum Pantheon von Adab im 3. Jt.", AfO 51, pp. 1–44, 2005-6

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