Prospecting in the marshland: the Sumerian city Fara-Šuruppak (Iraq)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prospecting in the marshland: the Sumerian city Fara-Šuruppak (Iraq)

Published:2023 Issue: Volume: Page:47-50
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Container-title:Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection
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Author:

Fassbinder Jörg W. E.¹^ORCID,Hahn Sandra E.¹^ORCID,Wolf Marco¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Abstract

Fara-Šuruppak was a major Sumerian city of the third millennium B.C. By magnetometer prospecting we discovered and traced a casemate city wall that enclosed the city. On the west bank of the Euphrates river we identified a large harbour complex of Fara-Šuruppak. The magnetogram revealed the existence of channels, a bridge, hydraulic constructions and agricultural fields.

Funder

German Research Foundation

Publisher

Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing

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