Shatt en-Nil
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The Shatt en-Nil (also Shatt al-Nil) is a dry river bed/canal in southern Iraq.[1] It is also known as the Naru Kabari.[2][3][4]
Called the Euphrates of Nippur, the river was an important irrigation[5] and transport infrastructure for the city of Nippur during antiquity. The canal started just north of Babylon and travelled for 60 km[6] ending at Larsa where it rejoined the Euphrates River. On the way it flowed through Nippur (32.55°N 44.42°E 34m). The canal also serviced the city of Tel Abib and Uruk.[7]
The canal is referred to in the so-called Murashu documents discovered at Nippur.[8] which record business transaction in the area around Nippur.The river/canal has also been one of the rivers identified as the biblical River Chebar.(כְּבָר [נְהַר)[9]
