data access 41294
The Early Dynastic temple of Ninhursag, Sumerian mother goddess. It was built of plano-convex mud bricks.
See:
- http://www.starozytnysumer.pl/podstrony/podstrony_poziom_1/tell_al-ubajd.html [polish]
- https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/iraq05-073.html
- Pinhas Delougaz, "A Short Investigation of the Temple at Al-‘Ubaid", Iraq 5 (1938), pp. 1-11.
Nearby sites
-
Tall al-Ubajd [Ubaid]
Necropolis of Ubaid
-
Tall al-Ubajd [Ubaid] (EUAS-8)
Eridu, Haji Muhammad, Early & late Ubaid, Uruk, Jemdet Nasr, Early Dynastic I & III, and Ur III periods settlement. The Ubaid period is named after this site. Excavated by Hall and Wooley.
-
Anonymous site (EUAS-74)
Very small mound, visible on Corona imagery (1968), since destroyed by cultivation. Bricks and green glazed sherd collected by T. Wright (1966), though undated.
-
Anonymous site (EUAS-78)
Late Larsa and post-Kassite periods settlement (1,2 ha). Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).