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Location:

  • Iraq, Āl Yūsif
  • geo:31.667549,45.887604
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2900~ / -2700~

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29263

Annotations

Gypsum stele of Ushumgal a priest of the god Shara,  probably from Umma, dates back to Early Dynastic I (2900-2700 BC), 22.4 cm of hight. The inscription informs us abut the transaction involving three fields, three houses, and some livestock.

Sources:

  1. André Parrot, “Kudurru Archaïque Provenant de Senkereh.” Archiv Für Orientforschung, vol. 12, 1937, pp. 319–24.
  2. Joan Aruz, Ronald Wallenfels, Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, p. 53
  3. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329079

Nearby

Umma - Tell Jokha

Ur III period temple. Sumerian temple.

Umma -Tell Jokha

Modern: Umm al-Aqarib - ancient Sumerian city

Tell Umm al-Aqarib (6 km)

Early Dynastic temple. Tell Umm al-Aqarib Dhi Qar, Iraq.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2016-10-30. Last update by Elżbieta on 2022-11-01. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/29263 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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