Sirara
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- This article is about the place. Sirara can also refer to a Mesopotamian goddessSirara (goddess)Sirara is the goddess of the Persian Gulf in Sumerian, Babylonian, and Akkadian mythology. In creation mythology she is given charge over the waters of the Gulf by the god Enki...
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At the beginning of 3rd dynasty of Ur Sirara was a temple complex in Lagash
Lagash
Lagash is located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Ash Shatrah. Lagash was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East...
- it may also (or instead) have been a city as mentioned in The Royal Chronicle of Lagaš.. It has been suggested that it may be the town called Nina or Nimin which was probably a seaport.