Fara (ancient Shuruppak)
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Fara, the ancient city of Shuruppak, was a major Sumerian urban center in southern Mesopotamia known from early cuneiform texts and later flood legends.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian city
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Nisaba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Uta-napishti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ziusudra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Fara period tablets
ⓘ
administrative texts ⓘ lexical lists ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian civilization ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Ernst Heinrich Hilprecht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German Oriental Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Early Dynastic period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jemdet Nasr period ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
religious center ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Shuruppak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tell Fara NERFINISHED ⓘ Šuruppak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalLevel |
Early Dynastic I level
ⓘ
Early Dynastic II level ⓘ Early Dynastic III level ⓘ Jemdet Nasr period level NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruk period level ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFor | flood layer ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Tell Fara (Iraq) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptPhase | archaic cuneiform ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Akkadian flood legends
ⓘ
Sumerian flood legends ⓘ early cuneiform texts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sumer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Instructions of Shuruppak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian King List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
city of the flood hero
ⓘ
pre-flood city ⓘ |
| significance | major Sumerian urban center ⓘ |
| yieldedArtifactType |
clay tablets
ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ |
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