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Localisation:

  • Irak, Abū Ghurayb
  • geo:33.353485,44.202206
  • Précision exacte

Period or year:

  • -1400~ / unknown

Classification:

  • Ville
  • Visible

Identificateurs:

Annotations

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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:

  1. Harmut Kühne, "'Aqar Quf". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford, 1997. Vol. I, pp. 156–157.
  2. Tahar Baqir, lraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Second Interim Report, 1943-1944. Iraq Supplement 1945.
  3. idem, Iraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Third Interim Report, 1944-45. Iraq 8, 1946.
  4. A. Poebel, The city of Esa (Dur-Kurigalzu). Assyriological Studies 14, 1947, pp. 1-22.
  5. Yoko Tomabechi, Wall paintings from Dur Kurigalzu. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 42/ 2, 1983, pp. 123-131.

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:

  1. Harmut Kühne, "'Aqar Quf". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford, 1997. Vol. I, pp. 156–157.
  2. Tahar Baqir, lraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Second Interim Report, 1943-1944. Iraq Supplement 1945.
  3. idem, Iraq Government Excavations at 'Aqar Quf: Third Interim Report, 1944-45. Iraq 8, 1946.
  4. A. Poebel, The city of Esa (Dur-Kurigalzu). Assyriological Studies 14, 1947, pp. 1-22.
  5. Yoko Tomabechi, Wall paintings from Dur Kurigalzu. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 42/ 2, 1983, pp. 123-131.

Dur Kurigalzu (Aqar Quf)


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Dur-Kurigalzu

Ancient Meopotamian city. Dur- Kurigalzu was founded by the Kassite King Kurigalzu I in the late 15th or early 14th century BC.

Temple of Ninlil, Dur-Kurigalzu

Ninlil Temple.

Temple of Enlil, Dur Kurigalzu

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