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Isin

Isin (Sumerian: 𒉌𒋛𒅔𒆠, romanized: I3-si-inki, modern Arabic: إيشان بحريات Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium BC Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period. It lies about 40 km…

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Location
Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq
Archaeologists
Stephen Herbert Langdon, Raymond P. Dougherty, Barthel Hrouda
Excavation dates
1924, 1926, 1973-1989
Periods
Early Dynastic, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Babylonian
Region
Mesopotamia
Type
Settlement

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Isin

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Triples169
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
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related to Further reading · 84
Isin → Alexa Bartelmus, Anthropology, Assyriological Studies, Assyriologie, Ausgrabungen, Babylon, Babylonia, Bayerische Akademie, Bayerischen Akademie, Beck, Berkeley, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Chicago Press, Crafts, Damiqilishu, Date, De Gruyter, Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
related to Culture and literature · 21
Isin → Dumuzi, During, E-dim-gal-an-na, E-ni-dub-bi, E-ur-gi-ra, Enlil-bani, Gula, He, Inanna, Ishbi-Erra, Ishtar, Isinnitum Canal, Mesopotamia, Ninbgal, Ninisina, Nintinuga, Sud, The, The Isin, This
related to Archaeology · 18
Isin → American Schools, Bahriyat, Bur-Sin, By, Dougherty, Enlil-bani, He, Ishan, Ishme-Dagan, Kish, Nebuchadnezzar II, Neo-Babylonian, Nippur, Oriental Research, Raymond, Stephen Herbert Langdon, The, Two
related to Iron and Classical Age · 14
Isin → Adad-apla-iddina, BC, Bur-Sin, Darius, Enlil-bān, Erra-imittī, Ikūn-pī-Išta, Most, Of, Persian, Second Dynasty, Sumu-abum, The, These
related to External links · 7
Isin → Andrews, Archaeological Site Photographs, May, Oriental Institute Archived, The New York Times, Up Archaeological Sites Edmund, Wayback MachineIraqi Looters Tearing
related to List of rulers · 7
Isin → Babylonian King List, BKL, Kassite, Sealand, SKL, The, The Sumerian King List
related to Middle Bronze Age · 6
Isin → BCE, Following, Ishbi-Erra, Larsa, The, Ur III
related to history · 3
Isin → Controlling Isin, Euphrates, Isinnitum
related to Chalcolithic · 2
Isin → The, Ubaid
Archaeologists · 1
Isin → Stephen Herbert Langdon, Raymond P. Dougherty, Barthel Hrouda

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period ur king early iii dynasty larsa bce city kassite gula ruler millennium bc dynastic ishbi-erra site least also babylonian

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IsinArchaeologistsStephen Herbert Langdon, Raymond P. Dougherty, Barthel Hrouda1.00infobox
IsinExcavation dates1924, 1926, 1973-19891.00infobox
IsinLocationAl-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq1.00infobox
IsinPeriodsEarly Dynastic, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Babylonian1.00infobox
IsinRegionMesopotamia1.00infobox
IsinTypeSettlement1.00infobox
city-wallsinstance ofoften mean the destruction of fortifications0.80text
Isinrelated to ArchaeologyNippur0.60section
Isinrelated to ArchaeologyThe0.60section
Isinrelated to ArchaeologyBy0.60section
Isinrelated to ArchaeologyIshan0.60section
Isinrelated to ArchaeologyBahriyat0.60section

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