Coordinates: 32°13′42.7″N 45°18′24.5″E﻿ / ﻿32.228528°N 45.306806°E﻿ / 32.228528; 45.306806 Mashkan-shapir (modern Tell Abu Duwari, Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient tell (hill city) in the Ancient Near East roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Nippur and around 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Baghdad.