Editing Sippar (section)

====Neo-Assyrian period====
In the early 1st millennium BC, Sippar came under Neo-Assyrian control.<ref>Da-Riva, Rocío, "Sippar in the Reign of Sîn-šum-līšir (626 BC)", Altorientalische Forschungen 28.1, pp. 40-64, 2001</ref> After the final defeat of the Neo-Assyrians by the Neo-Babylonians at the [[Battle of Carchemish]] in 605 BC text report that a number of Egyptian and Assyrian prisoners were brought to Sippar as chattel.<ref>Bongenaar, Arminius CVM, and Ben JJ Haring, "Egyptians in neo-Babylonian Sippar", Journal of cuneiform studies 46.1, pp. 59-72, 1994</ref><ref>Mac-Ginnis, John, "Assyrians after the Fall: Evidence from the Ebabbar of Sippar", At the Dawn of History: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J. N. Postgate, edited by Yağmur Heffron, Adam Stone and Martin Worthington, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 781-796 2017</ref> Records of Neo-Babylonian ruler [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] (605-562 BC) and [[Nabonidos]] (556-539 BC) record that they repaired the Shamash temple E-babbara.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/jstor-527830/page/n20/mode/1up]Jastrow, Morris, "Nebopolassar and the Temple to the Sun-God at Sippar", The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, vol. 15, pp. 65-86, 1899</ref>