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Archaeology

Hammar Marshes Plano-convex bricks John George Taylor R. Campbell Thompson H. R. Hall

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Mythology

Alulim Alalngar Lugal Anu Ta

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Overview

Sumerian Akkadian Arabic Archaeological site Lower Mesopotamia

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History

Kurigalzu I Kassite dynasty Simbar-shipak

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Location: Al-Batha Subdistrict, Nasiriyah District, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
Abandoned: c. 600 BC
Archaeologists: John George Taylor, R. Campbell Thompson, H. R. Hall, Fuad Safar, Seton Lloyd, Franco D’Agostino
Area: At most 10 ha (25 acres) · 33 ha (0.13 sq mi)
Buffer zone: 1,069 ha (4.13 sq mi)
Built: c. 5500 – c. 5300 BC

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Archaeology

Hammar Marshes
Plano-convex bricks Mudbrick
John George Taylor
R. Campbell Thompson Reginald Campbell Thompson
H. R. Hall Henry Hall (Egyptologist)
Cobalt
History of glass
Akkadian Empire
Fuad Safar
Seton Lloyd
Bevel-rimmed bowls Beveled rim bowl
A. Leo Oppenheim
Salinity
A. M. T. Moore Andrew M. T. Moore
Giovanni Pettinato
Rome's La Sapienza University Sapienza University of Rome

History

Mythology

Alulim
Alalngar
Lugal
Anu
Ta Ta (cuneiform)
Ki Ki (cuneiform)
Enlil
Canopus
Babylonian star catalogues
MUL.APIN
Precession of the Earth's axis Axial precession
Adapa
Inanna
Uruk
Gifts of civilization Me (mythology)

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related to Further reading · 75

Eridu → Ali Majeed, An Interpretation, Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel, Arabic, Archaeology, ARCHIMEDE, Autumn, British Institute, Buren, City, Cuneiform Studies, Daniel, Discoveries, Donald John Wiseman, Douglas, Du Nouveau Concernant Le, Eridu Ziggurat, Espak, Establishing, Flood-Pit

related to history · 39

Eridu → Akkadian Empire, Among, An, Antiquities, April, At Level XI, Basra, BC, British Vice-counsel, Campbell Thompson, Egypt, Excavation, Fuad Safar, Hall, Heritage, History, In, In Ur III, Iraqi Directorate General, It

related to Mythology · 30

Eridu → Abzu, Akkadian, Alalngar, Alulim, Anu, APIN, Babylonian, Babylonians, BC, Canopus, Ea, Early Dynastic, Earth's, Enki, Enki/Ea, Enlil, From, His, In, In Sumerian

related to Topography · 20

Eridu → Adjacent, April, Arabic, As Sulaybiyat Depression, During, Eridug, Euphrates River, Hammar Marshes, Hazem, Id-edin-Eriduga, In, Khor, Millennium BC, Nejeif, November, NUN, Sebkha, The, This, Wadi Khanega

related to External links · 15

Eridu → British MuseumInana, ChicagoEridu, Dhi Qar Al-Mashareq, Enki, IL, JAB, Oriental Institute, Oxford UK, OxfordArchaeological Photographs, Sumerian Literature, The Electronic Text Corpus, The Sumerian, UK, University, USA

Periods · 10

Eridu → Akkadian period, Early Dynastic period, Gutian period, Isin-Larsa period, Middle Babylonian period, Neo-Babylonian period, Old Babylonian period, Ubaid period, Ur III period, Uruk period

related to Iron Age · 4

Eridu → An, BCE, Second Sealand Dynastic, Simbar-shipak

related to Late Bronze Age · 4

Eridu → BC, In, Kassite, Kurigalzu

see also · 3

Eridu → AbzuCities, Ancient Near EastEridu GenesisLake, HammarTepe Gawra

Area · 2

Eridu → 33 ha (0.13 sq mi), At most 10 ha (25 acres)

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ur city enki period sumerian temple ubaid bc site early found king iii ziggurat uruk dynastic called iraq akkadian bricks

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Eridu	Abandoned	c. 600 BC	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Archaeologists	John George Taylor, R. Campbell Thompson, H. R. Hall, Fuad Safar, Seton Lloyd, Franco D’Agostino	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Area	At most 10 ha (25 acres)	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Area	33 ha (0.13 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Buffer zone	1,069 ha (4.13 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Built	c. 5500 – c. 5300 BC	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Coordinates	30°49′1″N 45°59′45″E / 30.81694°N 45.99583°E / 30.81694; 45.99583	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Criteria	Mixed: (iii)(v)(ix)(x)	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Excavation dates	1855, 1918–1919, 1946–1949, 2018	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Inscription	2016 (40th Session)	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Location	Al-Batha Subdistrict, Nasiriyah District, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Official name	Tell Eridu Archaeological Site	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Part of	Ahwar of Southern Iraq	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Ubaid period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Uruk period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Early Dynastic period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Akkadian period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Gutian period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Ur III period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Isin-Larsa period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Old Babylonian period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Middle Babylonian period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Periods	Neo-Babylonian period	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Reference	1481-007	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Region	Lower Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia, West Asia	1.00	infobox
Eridu	Type	Ancient city	1.00	infobox
Eridu	is a	first of five cities where kingship was received before a flood came over the land	0.90	text

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