The name was often derived from Singara (Jebel Sinjâr) west of Assyria and north of Babylon . After the discovery and deciphering of the Sumerian cuneiform , it was proposed to equate Šinar with Šumer or its supposedly older form * Šungir, or with * Šugir, a name variant of Girsu , or a district of Lagaš . Albright wants to equate Šinar with Ḫana .
literature
WF Albright : Shinar-Šanḡar and Its Monarch Amraphel . In: American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 40/2, 1924, 125-133.
