building in this area were named “Maison des Fruits” (also called the Construction Inférieure).
building in this area were named “Maison des Fruits” (also called the Construction Inférieure).
*Parrot, A. 1948 Tello: Vingt campagnes de fouilles (1877–1933). Paris: Albin-Michel.
*Parrot, A. 1948 Tello: Vingt campagnes de fouilles (1877–1933). Paris: Albin-Michel.
*de Sarzec, E. 1884–1912 Découvertes en Chaldée. Paris: E. Leroux<ref>Crawford, Harriet, “The Construction Inferieure at Tello. A Reassessment”, Iraq 49, pp. 71-76, 1987</ref>
*de Sarzec, E. 1884–1912 Découvertes en Chaldée. Paris: E. Leroux<ref>Crawford, Harriet, “The Construction Inferieure at Tello. A Reassessment”, Iraq 49, pp. 71-76, 1987</ref>
a radiocarbon date of 4150 ± 30 BP giving a calendar date of 2876–2627 BC when calibrated with IntCal09. This would be in the Early Dynastic I period.
<ref>Hritz, C., Pournelle, J., Smith, J., Albadran, B., Majeed Issa, B., & Al-Handal, A., “Mid-Holocene dates for organic-rich sediment, palustrine shell, and charcoal from southern Iraq”, Radiocarbon, 54(1), pp. 65-79, 2012</ref>
A number of them were “copper peg figurine about 15 cm high and a flat disc-shaped piece of copper pierced with a round hole” which in 5 cases were with a plano-convex brick stone cuneiform tablet. The peg was inscribed “Ur-Nanše, the ruler of Lagash, the son of Gunidu, built the eš3 of Ĝirsu”
A number of them were “copper peg figurine about 15 cm high and a flat disc-shaped piece of copper pierced with a round hole” which in 5 cases were with a plano-convex brick stone cuneiform tablet. The peg was inscribed “Ur-Nanše, the ruler of Lagash, the son of Gunidu, built the eš3 of Ĝirsu”
On Tell K foundation deposits were found during the early excavations. The
building in this area were named “Maison des Fruits” (also called the Construction Inférieure).
- Parrot, A. 1948 Tello: Vingt campagnes de fouilles (1877–1933). Paris: Albin-Michel.
- de Sarzec, E. 1884–1912 Découvertes en Chaldée. Paris: E. Leroux[1] A single radiocarbon sample (charcoal) was tested from the Maison de Fruits yielding
a radiocarbon date of 4150 ± 30 BP giving a calendar date of 2876–2627 BC when calibrated with IntCal09. This would be in the Early Dynastic I period.
[2]
A number of them were “copper peg figurine about 15 cm high and a flat disc-shaped piece of copper pierced with a round hole” which in 5 cases were with a plano-convex brick stone cuneiform tablet. The peg was inscribed “Ur-Nanše, the ruler of Lagash, the son of Gunidu, built the eš3 of Ĝirsu”
and most were found embeded in a mudbrick in situ though at least one entered the antiquities market.
The tablet texts were a descriptions of temple construction.
- ^ Crawford, Harriet, “The Construction Inferieure at Tello. A Reassessment”, Iraq 49, pp. 71-76, 1987
- ^ Hritz, C., Pournelle, J., Smith, J., Albadran, B., Majeed Issa, B., & Al-Handal, A., “Mid-Holocene dates for organic-rich sediment, palustrine shell, and charcoal from southern Iraq”, Radiocarbon, 54(1), pp. 65-79, 2012
- ^ Tsouparopoulou, C., “The Early Dynastic “Maison des Fruits” at Tell K in Tello (Ĝirsu)”, Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research, 391, pp. 191-225, 2024
