Verified31.9300° N · 45.4300° E · 18 m
Kisurra
Tell Abu Hatab · Kissura
ED to Isin-Larsa (c.3000–1750 BCE)·Sumerian → Akkadian → Ur III → Isin-Larsa·🇮🇶 Qadisiyah, S Iraq, Iraq
About
About Kisurra
Kisurra (Abu Hatab) is a Sumerian city-state between Isin and Larsa, with ED palace and Ur III archive. German excavations (1900, 1990s) revealed city wall (2 km) and tablet houses with Isin-Larsa letters.
Why it mattersSumerian city-state archives; Isin-Larsa letters.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Dynastic list gap?
Theories
- 01City-state buffer
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3000 BCE
- Period
- ED to Isin-Larsa (c.3000–1750 BCE)
- Culture
- Sumerian → Akkadian → Ur III → Isin-Larsa
- Builders
- Dynasts of Kisurra
- Purpose
- Settlement and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1750 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 1900 (Banks)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.2700 BCE
ED Kisurra kings
c.2000 BCE
Ur III province
1900
Banks sounding
On the ground
Structures & features
31.9300° N · 45.4300° E · 18 m · 3 mapped features
ED Palace and Archive
palaceED palace with tablet archive
31.9304° N · 45.4302° ECity Wall Circuit
fortification2-km ED–OB city wall
31.9308° N · 45.4294° EIsin-Larsa Houses
settlementOB letter archive houses
31.9295° N · 45.4304° E