• Tell Ishchali (also Iščāli or Šaǧālī) is an archaeological site in Diyala Province (Iraq) a few hundred meters from the Diyala River and 3 miles south...
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    Eshnunna (redirect from Tell Asmar)
    city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest...
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  • Shaduppum (redirect from Tell Harmal)
    to the southwest) and Tell Ishchali and Khafajah four and six miles away on the left bank of the Diyala River. The site of Tell al-Dhiba'i, thought to...
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    ed-Diniyeh) Tell es-Sawwan Nerebtum or Kiti (Tell Ishchali) Tell Agrab Dur-Kurigalzu (Aqar Quf) Shaduppum (Tell Harmal) Tell al-Dhiba'i Tell Muhammad Seleucia...
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    Shu-Enlil. There was a city, Dur-Rimuš (Fortress of Rimush), located near Tell Ishchali and Khafajah. It was known to be a cult center of the storm god Adad...
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  • about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the ancient city of Shaduppum, and near Tell Ishchali, both which Eshnunna also controlled. It then fell to Babylonia before...
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  • el-'Oueili Tell es-Sawwan Tell Hassuna Tell Ishchali Tell Khaiber Tell Maghzaliyah Tell Shemshara Tell Taya Tell Uqair Telul eth-Thalathat Tepe Gawra Yarim...
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    and reducing the instrument's size. Iraq. Musician playing a lute, Tell Ishchali, Isin-Larsa period, 2000-1600 BC, baked clay. Hanging tassels are part...
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    Deluge, his mouth is fire, his breath is death" and a fragment from Tell Ishchali attributing the formation of Sirion and Lebanon to his roar. Another...
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  • Institute of Chicago which was also working at Eshnunna, Khafajah and Tell Ishchali during that time. The dig was led by Seton Lloyd. The primary excavation...
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  • nadītu also resided in other cities, including Babylon, Kish, Nippur and Tell Ishchali, though they were not necessarily subject to the same regulations. Attestations...
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    and Nerebtum (possibly Tell Ishchali) in the Old Babylonian period, and later on Babylon and Kish, but it is difficult to tell if the deity in mention...
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    worship dedicated to him has been identified during excavations in Tell Ishchali, most likely the site of ancient Nērebtum. Sin is also the most commonly...
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    Tishpak and Adad. She was also worshiped in Eshnunna itself and in Tell Ishchali. Old Babylonian texts from the latter site mention a settlement named...
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  • Once... Sumerian Poetry in Translation (1987) Eshnunna Khafajah Tell Agrab Tell Ishchali Lagash Jacobsen was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Near Eastern...
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    Horizontal angular harp, found at Tell Ishchali, Old Babylonian era, circa 1894 BC – 1595 BC....
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  • Ikūn-pî-Sîn (“The word of Sin is truthful”), the ruler of Nērebtum (Tell Ishchali) and possibly Tutub, cities in the sphere of Ešnunna, has a year name:...
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    University of Pennsylvania (1938–1939). The sites such as Tell Agrab, Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna), Ishchali (ancient Neribtum), and Khafaje (ancient Tutub) were...
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    vertical excavations on four mounds: Khafajah, Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna), Tell Agrab, and Ishchali. They uncovered temples, palaces, administrative...
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    poems as "sons". Partially overlapping the felling of the trees from the Ishchali tablet. Partially overlapping the Standard Babylonian version tablets IX–X...
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    trampling a foe, in front of Goddess Ishtar. Circa 2000 BCE. Four-faced god, Ishchali, Isin-Larsa to Old Babylonia periods, 2000–1600 BC, bronze - Oriental Institute...
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  • except when inscriptions permit datable attribution. Four-faced god, Ishchali, Isin-Larsa to Old Babylonia periods, 2000–1600 BCE, bronze - Oriental...
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