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Ancient Lagash
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![]() Davide Nadali is Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Holly Pittman is Director of the Final Publication Project of the Al Hiba Excavations and Director of the Lagash Archaeological Project Andrea Polcaro is Professor and Researcher in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Perugia University, Italy |
The State of Lagash was one of the major political powers in the Sumerian world of the 3rd millennium BC, with archaeological attestations at least since the 5th millennium BC. Located in present-day southern Iraq, this State incorporated three main cities: Girsu (Tello), Lagash (Tell al-Hiba), and Nigin (Tell Zurghul). The volume presents the results of studies and excavations carried on in these sites until 2015, providing new data for their historical interpretation. The volume collects contributions to the research at al-Hiba, under the supervision of H. Pittman, a section dedicated to the first archaeological campaign undertaken at the site of Nigin under the direction of D. Nadali and A. Polcaro, and the research on the site of Girsu under the joint direction of S. Rey and F. Husain. … |
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Ancient Lagash, pp. 31-50, 2022/12/27
Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
Recent excavations carried out by the Sapienza Università di Roma and the Università degli Studi di Perugia at Tell Zurghul, in the Lagash region (Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq), have revealed a long occupational sequence, with earlier levels dating back to the Ubaid period. This article presents the results from the excavations carried out in 2015 in Area B, a low mound located at the southern edge of Tell Zurghul, rising about 4m above the surrounding plain. Preliminary results showed a multi-layer occupation, uncovered at the top of Mound B, dating to Ubaid 4, while stray shards dating to Ubaid 2/3 from previous excavations, undertaken by R. Koldewey in 1887, suggest an even earlier occupation that remains to be clarified by future research. Data from Area B are all the more relevant because they help to better define this period in the region of Lagash, barely touched by previous research which instead focused on the areas of Ur, Eridu, ‘Oueili, and Uruk, all in the south-west plain.
Keywords: Southern Mesopotamia, Lagash region, Tell Zurghul, Ubaid