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Places tagged “temple oval” in Iraq · Mysteria

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Places tagged “temple oval” in Iraq

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid

Tell Khafajah (Tutub) — Temple Oval and Dur-Samsuiluna Platform Mound

Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala)

Major Diyala valley city (3000–1800 BCE) with the iconic Temple Oval — 80x75 m double-walled oval enclosure with inner 36 m oval temple terrace rising 4 m — earliest oval ziggurat precursor (Jemdet…

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid

Tell Ingharra (Eastern Kish) — Ziggurat and Temple Oval Terrace

Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Kish)

Eastern mound of the Sumerian city-state Kish (3200–2200 BCE), once Sargon's capital, dominated by Early Dynastic III 60x45 m Temple Oval ziggurat-like terrace and later 3-stair Old Babylonian…