Subsubsection of Chapter 2 (Mesopotamia) of John Heise's 'Akkadian language' with references to the excavations of the Sumerian city Nippur.
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Nippur, the holy city of the Sumerians

Nippur has been excavated by the Americans for more than a century and it still is researched now.
For a general introduction and further references see:
THE NIPPUR EXPEDITION at the ORIENTAL INSTITUTE ARCHAEOLOGY


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