Shatt en-Nil

The Shatt en-Nil Is a dry river bed/canal in southern Iraq.^[1] It is also known as the Naru Kabari.^[2][3][4]

Map of the Shatt en-Nil through Nippur

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]