Girsu
Ancient city · Iraq
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 31.565, 46.190
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient Sumerian city
History
Girsu was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Because of the initial velar nasal ŋ, the transcription of Ĝirsu is sometimes spelled as Ngirsu. As the religious center of the kingdom of Lagash, it contained significant temples to the god Ningirsu (E-ninnu) and his wife Bau and hosted multi-day festivals in their honor.