Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as , EN.LÍL^KI, "Enlil City;" Akkadian: Nibbur) was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind," ruler of the cosmos, subject to An alone. Nippur was located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate, Iraq.