Tell al-Ubaid

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ancient settlement archaeological site

Tell al-Ubaid is an important archaeological mound in southern Mesopotamia known for its early Sumerian temple architecture and distinctive Ubaid-period pottery.

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Label	Occurrences
Tell al-Ubaid canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient settlement ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith	early Sumerians ⓘ temple economy ⓘ
culture	Ubaid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy	Henry Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Woolley NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationSponsoredBy	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Pennsylvania Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Uruk period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPhase	Ubaid 3 ⓘ Ubaid 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtifactType	beads ⓘ bone tools ⓘ clay figurines ⓘ stamp seals ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial	bitumen ⓘ mudbrick ⓘ reed matting ⓘ
hasFeature	buttressed walls ⓘ courtyard buildings ⓘ mudbrick architecture ⓘ platform temple ⓘ tripartite temple plan ⓘ
knownFor	Ubaid-period pottery ⓘ buff ware with green and black paint ⓘ early Sumerian temple architecture ⓘ painted pottery ⓘ tripod pottery bowls ⓘ
locatedIn	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear	Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernCountry	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity	Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ubaid culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Samarran culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	ancient Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
showsEvidenceOf	craft specialization ⓘ early urbanization ⓘ irrigation agriculture ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
significance	important for chronology of southern Mesopotamia ⓘ key site for early temple architecture ⓘ type-site for Ubaid culture ⓘ
timePeriod	5th millennium BCE ⓘ 6th millennium BCE ⓘ

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Subject: Tell al-Ubaid
Description of subject: Tell al-Ubaid is an important archaeological mound in southern Mesopotamia known for its early Sumerian temple architecture and distinctive Ubaid-period pottery.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Dynastic period → hasArchaeologicalSite → Tell al-Ubaid ⓘ