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Location

  • Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah
  • geo:30.787443,46.327534
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -4000~ / -600~

Classification

  • rural
  • Visible

Anonymous settlement (EUAS-171)

data access 103777

Appendix, The Southern Margins of Sumer – Archaeological Survey of the Area of Eridu and Ur, Henry T. Wright, 1966, in ADAMS R. McC. (1981), Heartland of Cities. Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use on the Central Floodplain of the Euphrates, University of Chicago Press ( https://archive.org/details/heartlandofcitie0000adam/page/n5/mode/2up )

Nearby sites

  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-174)
    Ur III, Larsa (?), Kassite and post-Kassite periods settlement. Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).
  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-170)
    Post-Kassite period settlement (3,6 ha). Surveyed by T. Wright (1966). Alignement of three mounds, badly damaged in recent times.
  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-169)
    Late Larsa and Neo Babylonian and later periods settlement (1,9 ha). Many looted graves. Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).
  • Tell Al-Lahm - Ancient Kuara (EUAS-172 & 173)
    Site of Tell Al-Lahm along a derelict course of the Euphrates, identified with ancient sumerian city of Kuara/Kisiga. Occupied from early dynastic to Neo-babylonian period, when destroyed in 707 BCE. Possible Hellenistic late occupation.

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Julien De Chocqueuse (2026-09-04) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/103777
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: De, J. , Anonymous settlement (EUAS-171). https://vici.org/vici/103777, accessed 2026-09-24.