Tell Abu Salabikh
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Tell Abu Salabikh is an important ancient Mesopotamian archaeological site in southern Iraq, known for its Early Dynastic remains and one of the earliest large cuneiform tablet archives.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | stratified urban settlement ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | one of the earliest large cuneiform archives ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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ⓘ
University of Chicago Oriental Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationBegan | 1963 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Abu Salabikh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
burial areas
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city wall remains ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ tell mound ⓘ temple area ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPeriod |
Early Dynastic I
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Early Dynastic II NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Dynastic III NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Dynastic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFind |
administrative artifacts
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clay sealings ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ figurines ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTexts | Sumerian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTextType |
hymns
ⓘ
lexical lists ⓘ literary texts ⓘ proverbs ⓘ school exercises ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Early Dynastic cuneiform tablets
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administrative tablets ⓘ early Sumerian literature ⓘ early large cuneiform tablet archive ⓘ lexical lists ⓘ school texts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
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southern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture | Early Dynastic Sumerian material culture ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | Euphrates alluvial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | alluvial plain of southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| significance |
important for history of Sumerian education
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important for study of early Sumerian writing ⓘ important for understanding Early Dynastic urbanism ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorOccupation | 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
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