vici.org:: archaeological atlas
Add Login / Register

Location

  • Iraq, Tarkalān
  • geo:35.369972,44.254917

Period or year

  • -2335~ / unknown

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Gasur [Nuzi] - Yorghan Tepe

data access 21102

Gasur was founded during the Akkadian Empire and named Gasur. In the middle of the second millennium. incoroprated by Hurrians and renemed renamed Nuzi. Nearly 5000 tablets were found in the excavations at Nuzi, mostly business and legal documents from both the palace as well as in private residences.

See

  1. Mirko Novak, The Architecture of Nuzi and Its Significance in the Architectural History of Mesopotamia, 1999 - http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/3480/1/Novak_The_Architecture_of_Nuzi_1999.pdf
  2. Martha A. Morrison, Ernest René Lacheman, David I. Owen: The Eastern Archives of Nuzi, Eisenbrauns, 1993

Nearby sites

  • Gasur Map
    Clay tablet. Gasur texs. Nuzi Map.
    Iraq, Tarkalān
  • Gasur, Temple of Istar-Sawuska
    Gasur [Nuzi] - Yorghan Tepe. Old Babylonian Period temple probably dedicated to Istar-Shawushka,
    Iraq, Tarkalān
  • Thelser
    OmnesViae import TPPlace2682
    Iraq, Kirkuk
  • Arrapha- Arrapkha
    Arrapha is an ancient city founded around 2000 BC (on the site of the modern city of Kirkuk).
    Iraq, Kirkuk

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-07-07) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/21102
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Gasur [Nuzi] - Yorghan Tepe. https://vici.org/vici/21102, accessed 2026-11-13.