Steps lead up to the roof on our one-story structure. Palm tree logs span the top of the rooms and are packed with mud. Frequent repairs are needed from the erratic rain storms. The weather is hot, so most activity takes place on the roof or in the courtyard. Before you leave, please view and sign our guestbook, The Nippur Town Tablet.
Buttons are at the bottom of the page.
I live on the east side of the metropolis of Nippur, considered the center of the world forty centuries ago. Sumerians, Akkadians and Amorites shared a great reverence for this ancient religious center, home to the Sumerian high god Enlil. From his shrine Ekur and his stepped temple-tower or ziggurat, Enlil bestowed kingship on the legitimate ruler of Sumer and Akkad. This system was much more complex than that used in the United States and west European countries with a small group of Roman characters representing individual letters rather than full syllables or words. Thanks for keeping our traditions alive.