Larsa archaeological site

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Sumerian city-state ancient city archaeological site

Larsa archaeological site is the remains of an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its political power and monumental architecture during the early second millennium BCE.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Larsa (probable) 1
Larsa archaeological site canonical 1
Tell as-Senkereh (Larsa) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian city-state ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Larsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Hammurabi of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredInYear circa 1763 BCE ⓘ
culture Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumerian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy André Parrot NERFINISHED ⓘ
French archaeological missions ⓘ
Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationsDate 1930s ⓘ
flourishedDuring reign of Rim-Sin I ⓘ
reign of Warad-Sin ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind administrative texts ⓘ
architectural remains ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
terracotta figurines ⓘ
votive objects ⓘ
hasMajorDeity Shamash NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorTemple E-babbar temple of Shamash NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPeakPeriod Isin-Larsa period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
early second millennium BCE ⓘ
hasStructureType city walls ⓘ
palace remains ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
ziggurat ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological site in Iraq ⓘ
knownFor extensive cuneiform tablet archives ⓘ
large temple complexes ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
political power in southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedIn Dhi Qar Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Iraq ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear Shatt al-Gharraf NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Ur archaeological site ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Nippur archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName Tell as-Senkereh NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus capital of the kingdom of Larsa ⓘ
significance important for study of Sumerian religion ⓘ
important for study of early Mesopotamian urbanism ⓘ
key source for Isin-Larsa period history ⓘ
timeOfOccupation early second millennium BCE ⓘ
early third millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Dhi Qar Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → Larsa archaeological site ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → archaeologicalSite → Larsa archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tell as-Senkereh (Larsa)
Rim-Sin I → placeOfBirth → Larsa archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Larsa (probable)