Der (Sumer)

The (also Deir, Deru or Diri ) was a historical city in eastern Mesopotamia, which was the temporary headquarters of an independent kingdom. She still could not be located, but was certainly in the northwestern border region of Elam. It is mentioned in many sources from about 2300 BC to the Seleucid period (4th- 1st century BC).

Sargon of Akkad (2340-2284 BC) occupied the city on the basis of omens, his son Rimus (2284-2275 BC) took the priest-king of Deir captured and destroyed the city. After BC it was independent of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2005, reigned again an autonomous king.

Deir later very often mentioned as the border city of Elam. So used Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon (1125-1104) the fortress Deir as a springboard for his campaign against Elam. The rarity of mentions of conquests rized by Assyrian ruler shows how much this city was fought between Assyrians and Elamites. Even the famous battle of 720 BC between Humbanigash I of Elam, and Marduk - APLA - iddina II of Babylon on the one hand, and Sargon II of Assyria on the other side took place here.

Deir was dedicated to the on and found widely regarded as a cultic center of attention.