Who destroyed Sippar?
The cylinder also reports that the temple had earlier been built by Shagarakti-Shuriash, a king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon. Presumably the temple had been destroyed in the interim by Shutruk-Nakhkhunte of Elam when he destroyed Sippar. Where is ancient Sippar? Sippar, modern Abū Ḥabbah, ancient city of Babylonia, located southwest of present Baghdad,…