Established | Circa 530 BCE |
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Dissolved | 5th century-BCE |
Location | Ancient Ur |
Coordinates | 30°57′42″N 46°06′19″E / 30.961667°N 46.105278°E |
Type | Mesopotamian artifacts |
Curator | Princess Ennigaldi |
Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum is the earliest known public museum.[1] It dates to circa 530 BCE.[2][3][4][5] The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.[6] It was in the state of Ur, in the modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate of Iraq, roughly 150 metres (490 ft) southeast of the famous Ziggurat of Ur.[7]
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