Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sebastian Heath, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, Rune Rattenborg
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Feb 12, 2026 11:30 AM
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History
An ancient Sumerian settlement whose ruins lie at Nuffar in modern Iraq. Under various names it persisted as a settlement throughout the periods of Greek and Roman engagement in Babylonia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912910
32.1267626333, 45.2305635333
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Nufar (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Nippur (3000 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 21510 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Duranki (Sumerian, 3000 BC - 100 BC)
- Hippareni (30 BC - AD 300)
- Nib(u)ru (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Nibru (Akkadian, 2950 BC - 2000 BC)
- Niffar (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 750)
- Niffer (unspecified date range)
- Niffār (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Nippur (750 BC - AD 300)
- Nippur (Akkadian, 6200 BC - AD 226)
- Nippur (Dialect of Akkadian Assyrian, 6200 BC - AD 226)
- Nufar (30 BC - AD 640)
- نفر (Nufar: Arabic, modern)
- Nuffar (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - 540 BC)
- Uzumua (Sumerian, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- None
- Imgur-Marduk bounds Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’ (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Iri-sagrig located near Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’ (2950 BC - 1600 BC)
- Nēmed-Marduk bounds Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’ (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Ziggurat at Nippur located at Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’ (2335 BC - 540 BC)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 B1 Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’
This Pleiades place resource describes the same place as the Wikipedia Nippur entry. Extensive information is available from the website of the Oriental Institute's Nippur Expedition.
Scholarly bibliography (for the Greek and Roman period):
- J. Oelsner, “Nochmals ‘Hipparenum (Plinius nat. hist. VI 123) = Nippur?’,” Altorientalische Forschungen 9 (1982) 259 62.
- A. Oppenheimer, Babylonia Judaica in the Talmudic period, TAVO Beihefte B 47, Wiesbaden, 1983.
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sebastian Heath, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912910> [accessed: 15 February 2026]
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