Azupiranu
Azupiranu(𒌑𒄯𒊕 /Šamḫurrēšu) was a place described to be a city or a town inancient Mesopotamia.In aNeo-Assyriantext purporting to be the autobiography ofSargon of Akkad,Azupiranu is named as Sargon's birthplace and described as "situated on the banks of theEuphrates."[1] Azupiranu is anAkkadianname meaning "city ofsaffron".Gwendolyn Leickpoints out that the name is just a general name for a mountainous area in the north where the azupiranu herbs grow.[2]
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[edit]- ^L. W. King,Chronicles Concerning Early Babylonian Kings, II, London, 1907, pp.3ff; 87-96.
- ^Bauer, Susan Wise (17 March 2007).The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts.W. W. Norton & Company.ISBN9780393070897.
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