Dur Kurigalzu was founded by a Kassite king of Babylon, Kurigalzu I (XV/XIV cent. BC), and was abandoned after the fall of the Kassite dynasty. Dur- is an Akkadian term meaning "fortress of".
See:
- Harmut Kühne, "'Aqar Quf". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford, 1997. Vol. I, pp. 156–157.
- Tahar Baqir, lraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Second Interim Report, 1943-1944. Iraq Supplement 1945.
- idem, Iraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Third Interim Report, 1944-45. Iraq 8, 1946.
- A. Poebel, The city of Esa (Dur-Kurigalzu). Assyriological Studies 14, 1947, pp. 1-22.
- Yoko Tomabechi, Wall paintings from Dur Kurigalzu. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 42/ 2, 1983, pp. 123-131.