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Umma (modern Umm al-Aqarib, Dhi Qar Province in Iraq) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. <ref>W. G. Lambert, The Names of Umma, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 75-80, 1990</ref> Until recently Umma was identified with Tell Jokha, less than 7 km to its northwest.<ref>Trevor Bryce, The Routledge Handbook of The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire, Routledge, 2009, 738-739.</ref>
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Intro History Archaeology Notes See also References [[Umma?section=External</a>_links|External</a> links]]
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Umma (modern Umm al-Aqarib, Dhi Qar Province in Iraq) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. <ref>W. G. Lambert, The Names of Umma, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 75-80, 1990</ref> Until recently Umma was identified with Tell Jokha, less than 7 km to its northwest.<ref>Trevor Bryce, The Routledge Handbook of The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire, Routledge, 2009, 738-739.</ref>
Umma sections
Intro History Archaeology Notes See also References [[Umma?section=External</a>_links|External</a> links]]
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