Eridu was an ancient city of Sumeria and perhaps one of the first true cities. The site is settled from ca. 5300 B.C. onward. Eridu was located approximately 12 km southwest of Ur and was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew up around temple complexes.
Tall Abū Šahrain, Tall Abu Shahrain, Tall Abu Shahrayn, Tell Abu Shahrein, Tell Abu Shahreyn, Abu Shahrain, Tell Abu Schachren
Tall Abī Šahrain, Tall Abi Shahrain, Tall Abi Shahrayn, Tell Abi Shahrein, Tell Abi Shahreyn
Eridu Šimāl, Eridu Shimal, Iridu Shimal
Eridu Ǧanūb, Irīdū Ǧanūb, Eridu Janub, Iridu Janub
Eridu, NUN.KI, Irītu
Abu Šahrain
EUS 100, Eridu Ur Survey 100
Eridu Ǧanūb
أبو شهرين
Eridu Šimāl, Eridu Shimal, Iridu Shimal
Eridu Ǧanūb II, Eridu Janub II, Iridu Janub II
Eridu
Eridu Ǧanūb I, Eridu Janub I, Iridu Janub I
Tall Abū Šahrēn, Tall Abu Shahren, Tell Abu Shahren
Abū Šahrain
UWHS
dare:ancient=1
dare:feature=settlement
dare:major=0
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 C3 Eridu
30.8259319606
Abu Shahrein IRQ
2023-03-29T12:49:50-04:00
Eridu
B. Siewert-Mayer
P. Flensted Jensen
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
RLAss
TGN 6001911: Tell Abu Shahrein (deserted settlement)
Iraq Significant Sites 071. Tell Abu Shahrain (ancient: Eridu)
Wikipedia (English) Eridu
DARMC 21507
Wikipedia (French) Eridu
BAtlas 93 C3 Eridu
WHL 1481: The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
Wikipedia (German) Eridu
GeoNames 96834: Tall Aridu
45.9947924844
Eridu was an ancient city of Sumeria and perhaps one of the first true cities. The site is settled from ca. 5300 B.C. onward. Eridu was located approximately 12 km southwest of Ur and was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew up around temple complexes.
Eridu
Tall Abu Shahren
Tall Abū Šahrēn
Tell Abu Shahren
-6200
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
-2600
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Tall Abū Šahrēn
Copper Age Mesopotamia, Halaf-Ubaid-Early Uruk Mesopotamia [[-6200,-3750]]
Chalcolithic Mesopotamia (6200–3750 BC)
Late Chalcolithic-ED II Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk-Jemdet Nasr-ED Mesopotamia [[-5500,-2600]]
Ubaid-Early Dynastic II Mesopotamia (5500–2600 BC)
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1576)
Bryce 2009 pages 233-234
Wikipedia (Arabic) إريدو
Wikipedia (English) Eridu
Wikidata Q210065
Danti and Zettler 1997
Cuneiform
ANE
Pleiades
2023-03-29T12:49:50-04:00
CIGS location of Abū Shahraīn
Irīdū Ǧanūb
Eridu Ǧanūb
Iridu Janub
Eridu Janub
-2000
TAVO Index
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
-540
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu Ǧanūb
Mesopotamia [[-2000,-1600]]
Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC)
Middle Assyrian/Middle Babylonian/Kassite Mesopotamia, LBA-Early Iron Age Mesopotamia, incl. Sea Peoples [[-1600,-1000]]
Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC)
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
Eridu Ǧanūb I
Iridu Janub I
Eridu Janub I
-2335
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
-2000
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu Ǧanūb I
Akkadian—Neo-Sumerian Mesopotamia [[-2335,-2000]]
Akkadian-Ur III Mesopotamia (2335–2000 BC)
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
third century of the common era
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Eridu
-750
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 C3 Eridu
-330
2023-03-29T12:48:40-04:00
Eridu
P. Flensted Jensen
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The fifth millennium BCE as defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_millennium_BC [[-5000, -4000]]
5th millennium BCE (5000-4000 BCE)
BAtlas 93 C3 Eridu
-6500
Pleiades
-3800
2023-03-29T12:42:43-04:00
centerpoint of main tell of Eridu
The prehistoric Ubaid period of Mesopotamia, as defined by Wikipedia following Carter, Robert A. and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, Number 63) The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (2010) ISBN 978-1-885923-66-0 p.2, at http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/saoc/saoc63.html [[-6500, -3800]]
Ubaid period in Mesopotamia (ca. 6500 to 3800 BC)
Location after BAtlas; verified in Google Earth 2013.
Abū Shahraīn
Wikidata Q210065: Eridu
Bryce 2009 pages 233-234
Wikipedia (Arabic) إريدو
Wikipedia (English) Eridu
Danti and Zettler 1997
1700
Cuneiform
ANE
Pleiades
2100
2023-03-29T12:46:38-04:00
Abū Shahraīn
أبو شهرين
Tall Abu Shahrain
Tall Abu Shahrayn
Abu Shahrain
Tell Abu Shahrein
Tell Abu Schachren
Tall Abū Šahrain
Tell Abu Shahreyn
-2950
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
-2000
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Tall Abū Šahrain
Mesopotamia [[-2950,-2350]]
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (2950–2350 BC)
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1576)
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
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OSM Way 694065002
-5000
Cuneiform
ANE
OpenStreetMap (Way 694065002, version 3, osm:changeset=132089050, 2023-02-04T20:10:23Z)
499
2023-03-29T12:49:50-04:00
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OSM location of Eridug
The second millennium BCE as defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC [[-2000, -1000]]
2nd Millennium BCE (2000-1000 BCE)
The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. As described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BC. [[-3000, -2000]]
3rd millennium BC (3000-2000 BCE)
The fourth millennium BCE as defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_millennium_BC [[-4000, -3000]]
4th millennium BCE (4000-3000 BCE)
fourth century of the common era
The first millennium BCE as defined at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_millennium_BC [[-1000, -1]]
1st Millennium BCE (1000-1 BCE)
fifth century of the common era
second century of the common era
First century of the common era
Representative location based on OpenStreetMap
Iridu Shimal
Eridu Šimāl
Eridu Shimal
-2950
TAVO Index
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
-1600
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu Šimāl
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
EUS 100
Eridu Ur Survey 100
-1600
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
-1000
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
EUS 100
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 489)
Iridu Shimal
Eridu Šimāl
Eridu Shimal
-2950
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
-1600
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu Šimāl
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
Abū Šahrain
-2000
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
-1600
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Abū Šahrain
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 17)
Eridu Ǧanūb
-2000
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
-1600
2023-03-29T12:48:40-04:00
Eridu Ǧanūb
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
Iran [[-2000,-650]]
Middle Bronze-Early Iron Age Iran (2000–650 BC)
Abu Šahrain
-2000
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
-650
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Abu Šahrain
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 17)
Iran [[-5000,-2500]]
Chalcolithic Iran (5000–2500 BC)
Eridu
NUN.KI
Irītu
-6200
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
-540
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
Eridu Janub II
Eridu Ǧanūb II
Iridu Janub II
-2335
TAVO Index
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
-2000
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Eridu Ǧanūb II
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 478)
Tall Abī Šahrain
Tell Abi Shahreyn
Tall Abi Shahrain
Tell Abi Shahrein
Tall Abi Shahrayn
-2000
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
-650
2023-03-29T12:48:41-04:00
Tall Abī Šahrain
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1571)