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ID: 7032790
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032790
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Khafajah (deserted settlement)  Khafajah (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 21 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.3540  decimal degrees
Long: 044 33 20 E  degrees minutes   Long: 44.5550  decimal degrees

Note: Believed to be the site of the ancient town of Tutub; was part of the city-state of Eshnunna. Excavations include the remains of the oval temple of the god Sin, the fortress Dur-Samsuiluna that was built by the son of Hammurabi, and private houses and archives.

Names:
Khafajah (preferred,C,V,display)
Khafaje (C,V)
Khafājī (C,V)
Ḩafājī (C,V)
Tutub (H,V,S)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Diyālá (governorate)  ............  Diyālá (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Khafajah (deserted settlement)  ................  Khafajah (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....  Minţaqat Khafājah .......... (locality)
..................................  (World, Asia, Al-ʻIrāq, Baghdād) [7593905]

Sources and Contributors:
Ḩafājī..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Khafajah..........  [VP]
.................  Maisels, Near East (1993) 169
Khafaje..........  [VP]
.................  Ehrich, Old World Archaeology (1992) 95
Khafājī..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Tutub..........  [VP]
..............  Harris, The Sin Temple in Khafajah, Journal of Cuneiform Studies (1955) 32
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Ehrich, Old World Archaeology (1992) 111-113
..................  Harris, The Sin Temple in Khafajah, Journal of Cuneiform Studies (1955) 32-33
..................  Maisels, Near East (1993) 169
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Harris, The Sin Temple in Khafajah, Journal of Cuneiform Studies (1955) 32-33
..........  Parrot, Sumer (1961) 359

 

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