Editing Sippar (section)

===Early Bronze Age===
Despite the fact that thousands of cuneiform [[clay tablet]]s have been recovered at the site, relatively little is known about the history of Sippar. In the [[Sumerian king list]] a king of Sippar, [[En-men-dur-ana]], is listed as one of the early pre-dynastic rulers of the region but has not yet turned up in the epigraphic records.

====Akkadian period====
Sippar was the cult site of the sun god (Sumerian [[Utu]], Akkadian [[Shamash]]), along with his consort [[Aya (goddess)|Aya]], and the home of his temple [[É (temple)|E]]-babbara ([[É (temple)|𒂍]]𒌓𒌓𒊏, means "white house") where the [[Manishtushu#Cruciform Monument of Manishtushu|Cruciform Monument of Manishtushu]] was found.<ref>MacGinnis, John, "The Šatammu of Sippar", Die Welt des Orients, pp. 21-26, 1995</ref> [[Mamu (deity)|Mamu]], the daughter of Shamash, also had a temple in Sippar as did the goddesses Nin-Isina, Ninḫegal, [[Ninkarrak#Sippar|Ninkarrak]], and Tašmētum.<ref>[https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/135436/1/Asher-Greve_Westenholz_2013_Goddesses_in_Context.pdf]Asher-Greve, Julia M., and Joan Goodnick Westenholz, "Goddesses in context: on divine powers, roles, relationships and gender in Mesopotamian textual and visual sources", Vol. 259. Academic Press/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013</ref>

In the later part of the 3rd millennium BC, a large coalition of city-states led by Iphur-Kis of [[Kish (Sumer)]] and Amar-Girid of [[Uruk]], joined by Enlil-nizu of [[Nippur]], and including the city-states of "[[Kutha]], TiWA, Sippar, [[Kazallu]], Kiritab, [Api]ak   and GN" as well as "Amorite  [hi]ghlanders" revolted against Akkadian Empire ruler [[Naram-Sin of Akkad]]. The rebellion was joined by the city of [[Borsippa]], among others. The revolt was crushed.<ref>Steve Tinney, A New Look at Naram-Sin and the "Great Rebellion",  Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 47, pp. 1-14, 1995</ref>