Shatt en-Nil

The Shatt en-Nil Is a dry river bed/canal in southern Iraq.[1] It is also known as the Naru Kabari.[2][3][4]

Map of the Shatt en-Nil through Nippur

Called the Euphrates of Nippur, the river was an important irrigation[5] and transport infrastructure for the city of Nippur during antiquity. The canal started just north of Babylon and travelled for 60 km[6] ending at Larsa where it rejoined the Euphrates River. On the way it flowed through Nippur (32.55°N 44.42°E 34m). The canal also serviced the city of Tel Abib and Uruk.[7]

The canal is referred to in the so-called Murashu documents discovered at Nippur.[8] which record business transaction in the area around Nippur.The river/canal has also been one of the rivers identified as the biblical River Chebar.(כְּבָר [נְהַר)[9]

References
  1. James E. Smith, Ezekiel: A Christian Interpretation (Lulu.com, 2008)page 42.
  2. John L. Mckenzie, The Dictionary Of The Bible (Simon and Schuster, 1 Oct 1995) page 128.
  3. E. A. Wallis Budge, A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII B.C. 30 (Routledge Revivals): Vol. VII: Egypt Under the Saites, Persians and Ptolemies (Routledge, 2013) page 11.
  4. Ezekiel’s Seventy Years.
  5. Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht, The Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia Cambridge University Press, 2011) page 413.
  6. Carl G. Rasmussen, Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (Zondervan, 30 Sep 2014) page.
  7. H.V. Hilprecht, Exploration in Bible Lands (1903)
  8. A.T. Clay, Business Documents of Murash – Sons of Nippur (1898)
  9. Leonard W. King, A history of Sumer and Akkad (Рипол Классик, 1994) page 9.
  • Map of Iraq showing Shatt en-Nil

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.