Bad-tibira

Bad-tibira (Sumerian: 𒂦𒁾𒉄𒆠, bad3-tibiraki), "Wall of the Copper Worker(s)", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh (also Tell Madineh), between Ash Shatrah and Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa) and 33 kilometers northeast of ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city on the Iturungal canal (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu), which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King List. Its Akkadian name was Dûr-gurgurri. It was also called Παντιβίβλος (Pantibiblos) by Greek authors such as Berossus, transmitted by Abydenus and Apollodorus. This may reflect another version of the city's name, Patibira, "Canal of the Smiths".

Bad-tibira
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameTell Madineh
LocationDhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates31°22′47″N 45°59′59″E
Typesettlement
History
PeriodsEarly Dynastic, Ur III, Old Babylonian
Site notes
Excavation dates1927
ArchaeologistsRaymond P. Dougherty
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

There is known to be a temple of the deity Kittum at Bad-tibira. It has been suggested that Ninsheshegarra, an aspect of the goddess Geshtinanna who is sister of Dumuzid, was worshiped in the temple Esheshegarra at Bad-tibira.

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