Harbidum
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Ḫarbidum is the name of a minor city of Sumer
Sumer
Sumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age....

, located near Kish
Kish (Sumer)
Kish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir , and was an ancient city of Sumer. Kish is located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad ....

, at the Irnina canal (connecting it with Kuta). The city contained a temple dedicated to Ishara
Ishara
Ishara is the Hittite word for "treaty, binding promise", also personified as a goddess of the oath.In Hurrian and Semitic traditions, Išḫara is a love goddess, often identified with Ishtar...

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Harbidum is one of a cluster of settlements of which Kish was the most prominent, and which also included Garnanum and Lulhani.
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