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278:(level 1). Founded early in the 2nd millennium BC during the Isin-Larsa times it was controlled by Eshnunna through the reign of several of that cities kings. With the rise of Babylon Me-Turan came under the control of that city. After the end of the Old Bablyonian period the city lay fallow until Neo-Assyrian times, excepting some Kassite era residencial housing. At the surface were nine
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Baradan which it lies 350 meters east of. The two nearby mounds of Tell al-Sib are smaller. Together they formed the ancient city. Excavation at Tell al-Sib began in 1978 when a number of tablets and a gaming board were found. The full site was excavated by
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Hannoun and Burhan Shakir beginning in 1979. Work ended in 1984 when the site was flooded. In total around 1000 cuneiform tablets were recovered with 745 being from Tell al-Sib. At the lowest layer, above virgin soil, a jar was found with 34 tablets containing year names of three kings of
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Babylonian times the city was surrounded by a four meter wide city wall with towers. Finds from the Old Babylonian period include a duck
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Ibraheem MA. Unpublished Cuneiform Texts From the Old Babyloian Period-Tell Al-Seeb. Diss. UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD, 2019
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Nicholas, and Philip J. Watson, "Excavations in Iraq, 1977-78.", Iraq, vol. 41, no. 2, 1979, pp. 141–81
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was found. The temple dimensions are 80 meters by 47 meters and it was destroyed by fire. An inscription of
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Michael Roaf, "Excavations in Iraq, 1981-82.", Iraq, vol. 45, no. 2, 1983, pp. 199–224
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and include literary texts such as
Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven as well as a new fragment of the
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Duck shaped weights in the typical mesopotamian fashion, made from Bronze, Hematite or
Magnetite)
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Dr. Fawzi Rashid, " A Royal Text from Tell Haddad ", Sumer 37 (I98I), I OI-I I I (Arabic
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M. D. Roaf and J. N. Postgate, "Excavations in Iraq 1979-80", Iraq, vol. 43, pp. 167-198, 1981
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Friberg, J., and F. Al-Rawi. 2016. New
Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. New York: Springer
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liver models, and large number of cuneiform tablets and fragments. A number are in
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