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The discovery of ancient Nippur and its Sumerian heritage owes much to the energy, determination and leadership of John P. Peters (1852-1921) who launched the modern excavations of Nufar, ancient Nippur in 1888. See what he looked like. After stirring up interest in an American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia and securing funding, he directed the first two seasons of the Nippur excavations.
Several interesting passages from his description of the work are reproduced here. Minor corrections and updates have been inserted in brackets. For example, the later Akkadian designation Bel for the Sumerian high god who bestowed kingship has been corrected to Enlil, since the latter designation is more appropriate for our period of interest in the late third and early second millennia B.C. In the 1890's, Peters and others did not yet realize that the designation Bel belonged to a later period. Take a look at these excerpts:
These excerpts are taken from John Punnett Peters, Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates: The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897, Volume II.
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