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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 Iraq (nation)  ........  Iraq (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, Iraq, Mayorality of Baghdad) [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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