Isin-Larsa and Sasanian graves from the site of el-Saadiya in the Hamrin region, Iraq
Isin-Larsa and Sasanian graves from the site of el-Saadiya in the Hamrin region, Iraq

Author(s): Andrzej Reiche
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tell el-Saadiya; Hamrin region; Iraq; Isin-Larsa graves; Sasanian graves; Sasanian glass; Isin-Larsa pottery
Summary/Abstract: Two post-Ubaid graves were unearthed at Tell el-Saadiya, an Ubaidperiod site in the Hamrin region, by a mission from the Polish Centreof Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, during salvageexcavations in 1979–1980. One of these was a late-Sasanian burialcontaining a set of grave goods consisting of two glass and one potteryvessels, and a pair of bronze earrings. The other grave dated to the lateIsin-Larsa period and contained two jars and animal bones, remainsof a food offering typical of the period. In the Hamrin region, suchsingle burials dated to later periods were found also at other sites thatwere not resettled after the late Neolithic period.

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