Tell Uhaimir

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Tell Uhaimir is an archaeological mound in modern-day Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Kish.

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Tell Uhaimir canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city site
archaeological site
tell
associatedWith Kish
associatedWithDeity Inanna
Zababa
belongsToArchaeologicalComplex Kish archaeological complex
coordinateSystem World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
linked to: WGS84
country Iraq
culture Akkadian
Sumerian
excavatedBy French archaeological missions
Henri de Genouillac
excavationStartDate 1912
hasAlternativeName Tell Uhaimir mound
Tell al-Uhaymir
hasArchaeologicalFind clay cones
cuneiform tablets
cylinder seals
inscribed bricks
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Akkadian period
Early Dynastic period
Old Babylonian period
hasFeature city mound of Kish
mudbrick architecture
ruins of temples
hasNearbySite Tell Ingharra
heritage Mesopotamian cultural heritage
locatedIn Babylon Governorate
Iraq
Mesopotamia
locatedNear Babylon (archaeological site)
Hillah
locatedOn alluvial plain of the Euphrates and Tigris
marksSiteOf Kish
partOf ancient Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
region Lower Mesopotamia
researchField Assyriology
Near Eastern archaeology
significance important for history of Kish
key site for study of early Mesopotamian urbanism
timeDepth 2nd millennium BCE
3rd millennium BCE

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Kish hasArchaeologicalMound Tell Uhaimir