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

Fassbinder, Jörg W. E. ; Hahn, Sandra und Wolf, Marco (2023): Prospecting in the marshland: the Sumerian city Fara-Šuruppak (Iraq). 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Kiel, Germany, March 28 - April 1, 2023. Wunderlich, Tina; Hadler, Hanna und Blankenfeldt, Ruth (eds.) : In: Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection : Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospectionological Prospection, Kiel, Germany: Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing. pp. 47-50

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.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Faculties: Geosciences > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > Geophysics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology; 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
• ISBN: 978-3-928794-83-1
• Place of Publication: Kiel, Germany
• Language: English