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  • Syrian Arab Republic, Al ‘Ashārah
  • geo:34.92223,40.568386

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  • building
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Terqa, House of Puzurum

data access 41126

The house  of  Puzurum, the  archive  owner was a small private home  with three rooms around a central courtyard. Puzurum archiver was active during the reign of King Yadikh-Abu1.

See:

  1.  Renata  M.  Liggett, Ancient Terqa and its temple of Ninkarrak: the excavations of the fifth and sixth seasons in: Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin 1982, no. 19 (Spring), pp. 5-26- www.terqa.org/EL-TQ/Ligett_1982_Ancient_Terqa_and_Its_Temple_-_NEASB_19.pdf
  2. http://www.iimas.org/terqa.htmla small private home has been unearthed with three rooms clustered around a central courtyard.

References

  1. ↑king Yadikh-Abu was contemporary of Samsu-iluna that reign ca.1750 - 1712 BC

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2017-04-22) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Terqa, House of Puzurum. https://vici.org/vici/41126, accessed 2026-11-11.