Tell Al-Deylam (Dilbat)

 ruins, place with historical importance, old city

Also called: Tell Al-Duleim (in Arabic), Ancient Sumerian city.
The Tell al-Deylam or Deilam is located in Iraq about 30 km south of ancient Babylon. It consists of two mounts that correspond to two different periods of human occupation.
In ancient times, the site was a small town active since 2700 BC. Four temples have been identified in this city, including one called E-ibe-Anu dedicated to the goddess Urash.
The so-called Babylonian records of this tell refer to years names of the first kings of Babylon, around the 19th century BC. These are essentially land purchases. Dilbat does not appear there. However some fields are located along the city canals, called Arahtum and Urash.
In neo-Assyrian times, Nebuchadnezzar II evokes in several texts an E-ibe-Anu temple of Urash in Dilbat. The same names of temple and goddess are sufficient criteria for the identification of the ancient city.