Shuruppak
Shown within Iraq | |
Alternative name | Tell Fara |
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Location | Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq |
Region | Sumer |
Coordinates | 31°46′39″N 45°30′35″E / 31.77750°N 45.50972°ECoordinates: 31°46′39″N 45°30′35″E / 31.77750°N 45.50972°E |
Type | archaeological site, human settlement |
Area | 120 hectare |
Height | 9 metre |
History | |
Periods | Jemdet Nasr period, Early Dynastic period, Akkad period, Ur III period |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1902; 1931 |
Archaeologists | Robert Koldewey, Friedrich Delitzsch, Erich Schmidt, Harriet P. Martin |
Shuruppak (Sumerian: