Tell Jokha

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Tell Jokha is an archaeological mound in southern Iraq identified with the ancient Sumerian city of Umma, known for its early urban remains and cuneiform tablets.

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Tell Jokha canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city mound
archaeological site
associatedWith Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer

Umma administrative archives
chronology 3rd millennium BCE
Early Dynastic period
Ur III period
country Iraq
culture Sumerian
hasArchaeologicalEvidence administrative buildings
temple architecture
urban planning
hasFeature archaeological mound
cuneiform tablets
early urban remains
identifiedWith Umma
ancient Sumerian city of Umma
linked to: city of Umma
knownFor cuneiform tablets
early urban remains
languageOfInscriptions Sumerian
locatedIn southern Iraq
partOf ancient Sumer
linked to: Sumer
region southern Mesopotamia
significance important source for Sumerian administrative history
important source for study of early urbanism in Mesopotamia
writingSystem cuneiform
yields administrative texts
clay tablets
economic texts

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umma hasArchaeologicalSite Tell Jokha
Umma modernSiteName Tell Jokha
Umma hasArchaeologicalSiteName Tell Jokha
subject linked to: city of Umma