Tell al-Madain
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 Bad-tibira
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| Coordinates: 31°46′00″N 46°00′00″E / 31.76667°N 46.00000°E |
Coordinates: 31°22′58″N 46°00′16″E / 31.38278°N 46.00444°E
Bad-tibira, "Wall of the Copper Worker(s)", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh, between Ash Shatrah and Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa) in southern Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city, which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King List. Its Akkadian name was Dûr-gurgurri. It was also called Παντιβίβλος (Pantibiblos) by Greek authors such as Abydenus, Apollodorus of Athens and Berossus. This may reflect another version of the city's name, Patibira, "Canal of the Smiths". They could also have relations to ancient Kartvelian tribe of Tibareni. Tibareni are one of the Kartvelian tribes which were early metalsmiths, who have officially reached the Mediterranean and formed a Neo-Hittite kingdom of Tabal.
According to the Sumerian King List, Bad-tibira was the second city to "exercise kingship" in Sumer before the flood, following Eridu. These kings were said to be En-men-lu-ana, En-men-gal-ana and Dumuzid the Shepherd.
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