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<p> [[Genesis]] 14:1,9 , perhaps the same country as Thelassar, 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12 . The Arabic version calls it Armenia. </p>

<p> [[District]] in the East, of which [[Arioch]] was the king. [[Genesis]] 14:1,9 . It is supposed that <i> Larsa </i> or <i> Larissu </i> in [[Lower]] Babylonia, between [[Ur]] and Erech, was its capital, which is identified with ruins at <i> Senkereh, </i> about 31 30' N, 45 50' E . </p>

<p> '''''el''''' -'''''ā´sar''''' ( אלּסר , <i> ''''''ellāṣār''''' </i> ): </p> 1. The Name and Its Etymology <p> The city over which [[Arioch]] ( <i> '''''Eri''''' </i> - <i> '''''Aku''''' </i> ) and other [[Babylonian]] kings ruled (Genesis 14:1 ). The Semitic-Babylonians form of its name is ( <i> '''''âl''''' </i> ) <i> '''''Larsa''''' </i> , "the city Larsa," a form which implies that the [[Hebrew]] has interchanged <i> r </i> and <i> s </i> , and transposed the final vowel. Its Sumerian name is given as <i> '''''Ararwa''''' </i> , apparently for <i> '''''Arauruwa''''' </i> , "light-abode," which, in fact, is the meaning of the ideographic group with which it is written. The ruins of this ancient site are now known as <i> '''''Senqāra''''' </i> , and lie on the East bank of the Euphrates, about midway between <i> '''''Warka''''' </i> (Erech) and <i> '''''Muqayyar''''' </i> (Ur of the Chaldees). In addition to the name Larsa, it seems also to have been called <i> '''''Ašte''''' </i> - <i> '''''azaga''''' </i> "the holy (bright, pure) seat" (or throne), and both its names were apparently due to its having been one of the great Babylonian centers of sun-god worship. </p> 2. Its [[Holy]] Places <p> Like most of the principal cities of Babylonia, it had a great temple-tower, called <i> '''''Ê''''' </i> - <i> '''''dur''''' </i> - <i> '''''an''''' </i> - <i> '''''ki''''' </i> , "house of the bond of heaven and earth." The temple of the city bore the same name as that at Sippar, i.e. <i> '''''Ê''''' </i> - <i> '''''babbar''''' </i> , "House of Light," where the sun-god <i> '''''Šamas''''' </i> was worshipped. This temple was restored by Ur-Engur, '''''H̬ammurabi''''' (Amraphel), ''''' Burna''''' -'''''burias''''' , [[Nebuchadrezzar]] and Nabonidus. [[Among]] the tablets found on this site by Loftus was that which gives measures of length and square and cube roots, pointing to the place as one of the great centers of Babylonian learning. Besides the remains of these temples, there are traces of the walls, and the remains of houses of the citizens. The city was at first governed by its own kings, but became a part of the Babylonian empire some time after the reign of '''''H̬ammurabi''''' . </p> Literature <p> Loftus, <i> [[Chaldea]] and Susiana </i> ; Delitzsch, <i> [[Wo]] lag das Paradies? </i> ; Zehnpfund, <i> Babylonien in seinen wichtigsten Ruinenstätten </i> , 53-54. </p>