Nuzi
Sign in to saveNuzi (Hurrian Nuzi/Nuzu; Akkadian Gasur) at modern Yorghan Tepe (also Yorgan Tepa and Jorgan Tepe), Iraq was an ancient Mesopotamian city 12 kilometers southwest of the city of Arrapha (modern Kirkuk) and 70 kilometers southwest of Sātu Qala, located near the Tigris river. It was occupied from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BC until late in the 2nd millennium BC then, after a period of abandonment, in the Parthian era. It reached major importance in the Akkadian Empire period when it was known as Gasur and again in the Mitanni period when its name was Nuzi.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Nuzi
- Ancient site.native_name
- Yorghan Tepe
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.type
- tell
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1925-1931
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Edward Chiera, Robert Pfeiffer, Richard Starr
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Kirkuk Governorate
- Image
- Meso2mil.JPG
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Late Chalcolithic
- Early Bronze
- Akkadian Period
- Ur III Period
- Middle Bronze
- Late Bronze
- Mitanni Period
- Nuzi, a provincial town in the 14th century BC
- Administration
- Archaeology
- Nuzi ware
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nuzi (Hurrian Nuzi/Nuzu; Akkadian Gasur) at modern Yorghan Tepe (also Yorgan Tepa and Jorgan Tepe), Iraq was an ancient Mesopotamian city 12 kilometers southwest of the city of Arrapha (modern Kirkuk) and 70 kilometers southwest of Sātu Qala, located near the Tigris river. It was occupied from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BC until late in the 2nd millennium BC then, after a period of abandonment, in the Parthian era. It reached major importance in the Akkadian Empire period when it was known as Gasur and again in the Mitanni period when its name was Nuzi.
==History== The site has about 15 occupational layers with 12 major strata several of which have subdivisions. The majority of excavation work at the site was on the Late Bronze Age levels with only some soundings to the older strata. Traces of Parthian era occupation were found on the surface.