Sippar-Amnanum

Sippar-Amnanum

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Shown within Iraq
Alternative name	Tell ed-Der
Location	Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates	33°05′57″N 44°17′50″E / 33.09917°N 44.29722°E / 33.09917; 44.29722
Type	settlement
History
Periods	Bronze Age, Iron Age
Site notes
Excavation dates	1878-80, 1941, 1968-1988
Archaeologists	Hormuzd Rassam, Taha Baqir, L. De Meyer, M. H. Gasche
Condition	Ruined
Ownership	Public
Public access	Yes

Sippar-Amnanum (also Sippar-Annunitum, Sippar-rabum, Sippar-durum, and Sippar-Anunit ), modern Tell ed-Der (also Teil ed-Der) in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, was an ancient Near Eastern city about 70 kilometers north of Babylon, 6 kilometers northeast of Sippar and about 26 kilometers southwest of modern Baghdad. Occupation dates back to the days of the Akkadian Empire and later the Ur III period but most of the development was during the Old Babylonian period. Early archaeologists referred to the site as "Der" or Dair". In the late 1800s archaeologists proposed that this was the location of the city of Akkad, later disproved.^[1]