Nippur Quiz

After wandering through Dubsar's home, try your hand at this quiz. See if you can answer at least 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!

1. Nippur was located in the region of
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Anatolia
Palestine
2. Nippur was located on the banks of the River
Tigris
Schuylkill
Nile
Euphrates
3. The first director of modern archaeological excavations at Nippur in 1888 was
McGuire Gibson
Clarence Fisher
John Peters
T.E. Lawrence
4. The Ekur was
Enlil temple
Main city gate
Guest house
Date palm orchard
5. A ziggurat was a
Foundation platform
Glazed brick
Stepped tower
Reed basket
6. A dubsar was a
Priest
Scribe
Janitor
Potter
7. The most valuable natural resource at Nippur was
Mud
Gold
Wood
Plastic
8. Nippur's main god was principally known for
Bringing rain
Enabling fertility
Restoring health
Bestowing kingship
9. Forty centuries ago Nippur professionals used the languages of
Hebrew and Aramaic
Sumerian and Akkadian
English and French
Demotic and Coptic
10. The first arithmetic of the ancient Sumerians used a system that was
Base 16
Base 2
Base 60
Base 10

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To help visualize the layout of Nippur and its environs, come in to the Map Room.
To see Nippur through the eyes of explorer and excavator John Punnett Peters, first modern archaeologist at Nippur, visit our Earth-Moving Room.
To learn more about ancient Nippur, discover the resources in the Reading Room, or study the bigger picture of cuneiform culture at the Reading Room's Cultural Annex.
To get an overview of Nippur, go to the Broad Vista Room.
To evaluate the specialization of labor and professionalism at ancient Nippur, take a look in the Professional Room.
To learn about the non-human inhabitants of Nippur and its neighbors, visit Anshe's Tablet Room or his Lessons from Old Bones.
To sneak up for a close look at "the establishment," step into the Establishment Room.
To find the most official point of view from the great king, enter the Royal Display Room.
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This page was edited on 23 February 1999. If you have cuneiform questions or comments, please email Dubsar, the Cuneiform Scribe. If I do not respond promptly, the vendor supplying Fortune City's email service may be eating your mail for lunch. In that case, you can give a shout over to Dubsar's Sand Dune to get my attention. Thanks! � 1998 Erasmus Compositor, P.O. Box 25958, Baltimore, MD 21224.