Marad
Sign in to saveMarad (Sumerian: Marda, modern Tell Wannat es-Sadum or Tell as-Sadoum (also Wana-Sedoum), Iraq) was an ancient Near Eastern city. Marad was situated on the west bank of the then western branch of the Upper Euphrates River west of Nippur in modern-day Iraq and roughly 50 km southeast of Kish, on the Arahtu River. The site was identified in 1912 based on a Neo-Babylonian inscription on a truncated cylinder of Nebuchadrezzar noting the restoration of the temple. The cylinder was not excavated but rather found by locals so its provenance was not certain, as to some extent was the site's ident
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Marad
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Wannat es-Sadum
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.location
- Iraq
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Isin-Larsa/Old-Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Babylonian, Parthian
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1991, 2005-2007
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Na'el Hannoon, Abbas Al-Hussainy
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Bronze Age
- Early Dynastic period
- Akkadian period
- Ur III period
- Middle Bronze Age
- Old Babylonian period
- Iron age
- Later occupation
- Archaeology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Marad (Sumerian: Marda, modern Tell Wannat es-Sadum or Tell as-Sadoum (also Wana-Sedoum), Iraq) was an ancient Near Eastern city. Marad was situated on the west bank of the then western branch of the Upper Euphrates River west of Nippur in modern-day Iraq and roughly 50 km southeast of Kish, on the Arahtu River. The site was identified in 1912 based on a Neo-Babylonian inscription on a truncated cylinder of Nebuchadrezzar noting the restoration of the temple. The cylinder was not excavated but rather found by locals so its provenance was not certain, as to some extent was the site's identification as Marad. In ancient times it was on the canal, Abgal, running between Babylon and Isin. Tell Wanna is actually a small mound 1 kilometer from Tell as-Sadoum.
The site of Marad, uncluding a number of small mounds and ridges, covers an area of about 50 hectares with the main mound, at the northern edge of the site and locally called Bint as-Sheikh, rising 14 meters above the plain and is the location of the temple.