Shubat Enlil

Shubat Enlil

Syria
modern  Tell Leilan , or  Tall Laylān 

      ancient city in northeastern Syria. Excavations of the mound at the site were begun by Harvey Weiss of Yale University in 1979. His work uncovered archaeological remains dating from about 5000 BC to 1726 BC, when the once-flourishing city was destroyed by Babylon.

      Shubat Enlil was the capital of a powerful kingdom established in northern Mesopotamia by Shamshi-Adad I in the late 19th century BC. The site had apparently been inhabited since at least 5000 BC; for several thousand years it remained a small village inhabited by farmers. During the third millennium—apparently about 2600 BC—it expanded to become the city of Shekhna, with from 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants. From 2200 BC it was abandoned, but during the 19th century BC it was rebuilt as the city of Shubat Enlil (“Dwelling Place of Enlil”). It became the capital of the Amorite Shamshi-Adad's empire. The city was destroyed by the Old Babylonian king Samsuiluna about 1726 BC.

      The remains of Shamshi-Adad's palace were partially excavated by Weiss, but the most important find at the site was an archive of royal correspondence preserved on more than 1,000 cuneiform tablets. The archives consist mostly of financial and administrative records, with some diplomatic correspondence between the ruler of Shubat Enlil and neighbouring kings. They complement the archives found at the site of the ancient city of Mari (q.v.).

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