More to Tell About Billa!: Asimānum/Šimānum and the Early and Middle Bronze Ages at Baˁšīqā, Iraq

Despite being one of the most prominent and best-documented northern client states of the Ur III state, the city of Asimānum/Šimānum remained unlocalized. Here, we demonstrate through both historical-geographical and philological argumentation and archaeological evidence that it must correspond to l...

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Authors: Edmonds, Alexander Johannes (Author) ; Creamer, Petra M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2023
In: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2023, Volume: 113, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-50
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Summary:Despite being one of the most prominent and best-documented northern client states of the Ur III state, the city of Asimānum/Šimānum remained unlocalized. Here, we demonstrate through both historical-geographical and philological argumentation and archaeological evidence that it must correspond to later Middle and Neo-Assyrian Šibaniba, modern Tell Billa, northern Iraq. Building upon this finding, we propose a new history of Tell Billa during the Early and Middle Bronze Age.
ISSN:1613-1150
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/za-2022-0011