Located 12 km southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew around temples, almost in sight of one another.
Smješten 12 km jugo-zapadno od Ura, Eridu je bio najjužniji od konglomerata sumerskih gradova koji su se organizirali oko hramova, gotovo na doseg oka jedan od drugoga.