• Borsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BAKI or Birs Nimrud (having been identified with Nimrod) is an archeological site in Babylon Governorate, Iraq built...
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    decline during the Hellenistic period. Nearby ancient sites are Kish, Borsippa, Dilbat, and Kutha. The earliest known mention of Babylon as a small town...
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    present in relation to the so-called "Nanaya Eurshaba", worshipped in Borsippa independently from Nabu. She was instead associated with the god Mār-bīti...
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  • Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Erebidae Genus: Bocula Species: B. quadrilineata Binomial name Bocula quadrilineata Walker, 1858 Synonyms Borsippa quadrilineata...
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  • Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Erebidae Genus: Bocula Species: B. calthula Binomial name Bocula calthula Swinhoe, 1906 Synonyms Borsippa calthula...
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    Diagnostic Handbook written by the ummânū, or chief scholar, Esagil-kin-apli of Borsippa, during the reign of the Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina (1069–1046 BC)...
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    Bocula xanthostola is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1926. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and...
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    inscriptions from Borsippa, or an unidentified local deity who came to be equated with her. A late cultic calendar presumed to come from either Borsippa or Babylon...
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    cuneiform inscription "Nebuchadnezzar support Esagila temple and temple Ezida (Borsippa). Eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. Hecht Museum Haifa...
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    In the same month, a second rebel king, Bel-shimanni, was recognised in Borsippa and Dilbat (south of Babylon). Shamash-eriba was still in control of Sippar...
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