Larsa (
Sumerian logogram: UD.UNUG
KI, read
Larsamki) was an important city of ancient
Sumer, the center of the cult of the
sun god Utu. It lies some 25 km southeast of
Uruk in
Iraq's
Dhi Qar Governorate, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal at the site of the modern settlement
Tell as-Senkereh or
Sankarah.