Eshnunna

Eshnunna
	Shown within Iraq
Alternative name	Tell Asmar
Location	Iraq
Coordinates	33°29′3″N 44°43′42″E / 33.48417°N 44.72833°E
Type	settlement
History
Founded	Late 4th Millennium BC
Periods	Bronze Age
Cultures	Early Dynastic, Akkadian, Ur III, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian
Site notes
Excavation dates	1930 to 1936, late 1990s
Archaeologists	Henri Frankfort, Seton Lloyd, Thorkild Jacobsen
Condition	Ruined
Ownership	Public
Public access	Yes

Eshnunna (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 archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tuplias.

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