findspot, place of finding
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Sean Gillies
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- ‘Isumbo’/Patansana/Zombis — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 18, 2023 09:50 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E1 ‘Isumbo’/Patansana/Zombis
- [Qirmisin]/[Kermanshahan] — by A. Hausleiter — last modified May 31, 2023 08:33 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 C2 [Qirmisin]/[Kermanshahan]
- [Samarra]/‘Sumere’ — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 29, 2023 11:40 AM
- Site of a powerful Islamic capital that controlled the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.
- [Terqa]/Asicha? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:24 AM
- [Terqa]/Asicha? was an ancient city located at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the Euphrates river.
- Abū Fanduwā — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Apr 14, 2023 01:02 PM
- Find place for cuneiform text, located in the modern Hoseynabad-e Goruh Rural District of Iran's Kerman province.
- Abū Jāmūs — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jan 10, 2023 01:31 PM
- Ruin of unknown type where cuneiform tablets are said to have been discovered in modern Iraq.
- Adams 1069 (find site) — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jul 11, 2023 08:04 AM
- An archaeological site designated by Robert McC. Adams as 1069 that consisted of a settlement mound that was the find spot for a cuneiform inscription. The site’s ancient name is unknown.
- Al-Bilād al-Qadīm — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jan 31, 2023 05:31 PM
- A mosque or madrasa where a stone block with cuneiform inscription was found (and removed) in the 19th Century. The building itself no longer exists.
- Al-Ghab — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Dec 20, 2023 03:49 PM
- The al-Ghab (also el-Ghab) plain is located in northwest Syria, in the Al-Suqaylabiyah District.
- Al-Ḥilah — by Carolin Johansson — last modified May 05, 2023 04:02 PM
- Find place for a Kassite cylinder seal in modern city of Al-Ḥilah.
- Al-Khawd — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Mar 24, 2022 08:12 AM
- Find-spot of a hoard of metal objects dated to the early Iron Age, located on the campus of Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.
- Al-Maqsha — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jun 13, 2023 11:26 AM
- Village in Bahrain, find place for cuneiform inscribed stele.
- Al-Rammāḥīyah — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Dec 19, 2023 01:38 PM
- Find place for cuneiform brick inscription.
- Al-Sabaa wa Arbain — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Dec 21, 2023 06:09 AM
- Al-Sabaa wa Arbain (Saba‘ wa Arba’īn) is a small modern town in northeastern Syria (al-Hasakah Governorate). The settlement sits atop a small mound of ruins (ancient name not known).
- Al-Sayāl — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Dec 20, 2023 03:49 PM
- Find place for cuneiform inscription.
- Alazlı — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:21 AM
- Find place for cuneiform inscription.
- Anatho — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:36 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 91 C3 Anatho
- Anavyssos — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 14, 2020 05:09 PM
- Anavyssos, Greece, is the findspot of the kouros of Kroisos, a fallen warrior. The kouros dates ca. 530–520 B.C. and is housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (inv. no. 3851). The kouros was discovered in 1936.
- Antikythera shipwreck — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Sep 19, 2023 11:00 AM
- The so-called Antikythera shipwreck dates to the second quarter of the first century BCE. Sponge divers discovered the shipwreck near Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The wreck has produced numerous artifacts, including an object known commonly as the Antikythera mechanism.
- Arinçkus — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Jan 18, 2023 09:17 AM
- Find place for a Urartian stele.
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- Archaic (pre-550 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Classical (550 BC-330 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Hellenistic, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM