page_title: Nippur
hierarchical_section_title: Nippur
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruins from a temple in Naffur (ancient Nippur), Iraq, are said to be the site for the meeting of Sumerian gods, as well as the place that man was created.
context_page_description: Nippur was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind", ruler of the cosmos, subject to An alone. Nippur was located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq.
context_section_description: Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as 𒂗𒆤𒆠, EN.LÍLᴷᴵ, "Enlil City;" Akkadian: Nibbur) was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities.  It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind", ruler of the cosmos, subject to An alone. Nippur was located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq.
caption: Ruins of a temple platform in Nippur—the brick structure on top was constructed by American archaeologists around 1900.
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