Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇮🇶 Kirkuk, Yorghan Tepe, Iraq
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About Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5
Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5 in Kirkuk, Yorghan Tepe, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 35.3870N 44.4140E controls access to Kirkuk resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for Kirkuk, Yorghan Tepe, illustrating Bronze Age construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1997 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5 main structure
c. 1937
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1997–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
35.3870° N · 44.4140° E · 339 m · 3 mapped features
Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5 — Main Structure
structurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel
35.3878° N · 44.4149° ENuzi Palace Archive Room 5 — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
35.3860° N · 44.4133° ENuzi Palace Archive Room 5 — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
35.3885° N · 44.4152° E