Modern name: Telloh Ancient name: Girsu Geographic coordinate: 31° 33′ 35.9928″ – 46° 10′ 11.9712″ 31.5599987° N – 46.169992° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – al Rifa’i – al Nasir Nearest City: About 20-25 kilometers[...]
Archive for ottobre, 2015
ottobre 10th, 2015 - 13:15 § in Archaeostory
BIG SANTUARIES IN THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN-GRANDI SANTUARI NELL’ANTICA MESOPOTAMIA
THE TEMPLE The temple was the spatial, ideological and economic center of cities and society of Mesopotamian, the home of God. Each city had its own patron to whom was dedicated a specific cult. Inside the temple there was a statue, the personification of God, the absence of the latter rep[...]
ottobre 5th, 2015 - 09:00 § in Iraq
UMM AL AQARIB
Modern name: Umm al Aqarib Geographic coordinate: 31.621105°N 45.933446°E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – Al-Rifa’i. Nearest City: Seven kilometers south-east of Umma and 30 kilometers west of modern Al Rifa’i. 30 km south-west of modern Qalat Sukar.[...]
ottobre 3rd, 2015 - 17:51 § in Archaeostory
TITLING OF MESOPOTAMIAN KING-TITOLATURA DEI RE MESOPOTAMICI
Archaeological discoveries have allowed to identify the names of the ancient Mesopotamian rulers since the third millennium B.C. They substantially are three: En “Lord” Ensi (Akkadian ishshi’akkum) “governator” Lugal (Akkadian sharrum) “great man” All [...]