Place

Accad (Akkad)

One of the cities of the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom in the land of Shinar (Gen 10:10).

Location

Type: settlement
Coordinates: 33.0256, 44.3919
Certainty: low (25%)

OpenBible.info: "Tell Sheshubar (modern): 25% confidence" (page fetched 2026-10-17). OpenBible rates this identification only 25% (Tell Sheshubar (modern)); treat the map pin as tentative.

OpenBible.info first-ranked identification (Tell Sheshubar (modern)); representative point 44.391944,33.025556 (lon,lat).

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Scripture

Genesis 10:10 (opens in a new tab)

Events here

Fall of Akkad to the Guti Arabs; start of the "Arab" dynasty of Babylon
Sargon of Akkad begins his reign over Akkad

Maps

OpenBible.info: places in Genesis (KML)

Nimrod
Final Territorial Division of the Earth (birth of Peleg)

Free sources

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