Shishin - a fortress controlling the Euphrates

In 1992 excavations were undertaken in Shishin, a site located at the eastern Euphrates bank south of the Haditha dam in Iraq. On the eastern flank of a c. 290 m long and in average 60 m wide plateau remains of an Old-Babylonian fortification were unearthed. Architectural structures and objects reco...

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Main Author: Rumaiydh, Salah S. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Gebr. Mann Verlag 2010
In: Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie
Year: 2010, Volume: 3, Pages: 26-43
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Excavation / Fortress / Findings / History 1800 BC-1595 BC
RelBib Classification:HH Archaeology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Shishin
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Summary:In 1992 excavations were undertaken in Shishin, a site located at the eastern Euphrates bank south of the Haditha dam in Iraq. On the eastern flank of a c. 290 m long and in average 60 m wide plateau remains of an Old-Babylonian fortification were unearthed. Architectural structures and objects recovered from these excavations are described here.
1992 fanden Ausgrabungen in Shishin, am östlichen Ufer des Euphrat und südlich des Haditha-Damms im Irak gelegen, statt. Auf einem etwa 290 m langen und im Schnitt 60 m breiten Plateau konnten an dessen Ostflanke Reste einer altbabylonischen Befestigungsanlage freigelegt werden, deren architektonische Befunde und Funde hier vorgestellt werden.
أُجريت عام ۱٩٩٢ تنقيبات أثرية في موقع شيشين الكائن على الضفة الشرقية لنهر الفرات إلى جنوب سد حديثة في العراق. وقد تم أثناء الحفريات الكشف عن بقايا منشأة تحصينية من العهد البابلي القديم شُيدت على الجانب الشرقي لمصطبة يبلغ طولها ٢٩٠ م تقريبا وعرضها ٦٠ م وسطيا. وفيما يلي تقديم البنى المعمارية للمنشأة واللقى التي وجدت فيها.
ISSN:1868-9078
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie