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Sumer
Sumer
Sumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age....
ian city which now lies within the borders of present-day Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
.
History
Not much is known outside the Old BabylonianOld Babylonian
Old Babylonian may refer to:*the period of the First Babylonian Dynasty *the historical stage of the Akkadian language of that time...
times, though clearly the location was occupied from
at least the Akkadian period through the Old Babylonian
period, when it was part of the kingdom of Eshnunna
Eshnunna
Eshnunna was an ancient Sumerian city and city-state in central Mesopotamia. Although situated in the Diyala Valley north-east of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu.The tutelary deity of the city was Tishpak .- History :Occupied from the Jemdet...
in the Diyala River
Diyala River
The Diyala River after Darban-e Khan Dam:Kurdish: Sirwan, سيروان, , Persian: سیروان دیاله, is a river and tributary of the Tigris that runs mainly through Eastern Iraq but also Western Iran. It covers a total distance of ....
area. It was an administrative center for the kingdom and its name means "the treasury."
Archaeology
The site was excavated by Iraqi archaeologist Taha BaqirTaha Baqir
Taha Baqir was an Iraqi archaeologist, author, cuneiformist, linguist, historian, and former curator of the National Museum of Iraq.Baqir is considered one of Iraq's most eminent archaeologists...
of the
Department of Antiquities and Heritage from 1945 to 1963, discovering
about 2000 tablets.
In 1997 and 1998, the site was worked by a team from
Baghdad University and the German Archaeological Institute
German Archaeological Institute
The German Archaeological Institute is an institution of research within the field of archaeology , and a "scientific corporation", with parentage of the federal Foreign Office of Germany-Origin:...
led by Peter Miglus and Laith Hussein.
Many other illegally excavated tablets have found their way into
various institutions.
The site featured a large trapezoidal wall and a temple to the goddess
Nisaba and god Khani
Khani
Khani may refer to:*Khani, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, a village in Novgorod Oblast, Russia*Khani, Sakha Republic, a settlement in the Sakha Republic, Russia*Ahmad Khani, a Kurdish writer and poet...
. Among the tablets from Tell Harmal are two of the epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk, modern day Iraq , placing his reign ca. 2500 BC. According to the Sumerian king list he reigned for 126 years. In the Tummal Inscription, Gilgamesh, and his son Urlugal, rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil, in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of...
and two with parts of the Laws of Eshnunna
Laws of Eshnunna
The Laws of Eshnunna are inscribed on two cuneiform tablets discovered in Tell Abū Harmal, Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities headed by Taha Baqir unearthed two parallel sets of tablets in 1945 and 1947. The two tablets are separate copies of an older source and date back to ca....
as well as some important
mathematical tablets.