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ID: 6005885
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005885
Record Type:
administrative
Tepe Gawra (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 36 31 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 36.5167
decimal degrees
Long: 043 14 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 43.2333
decimal degrees
Note:
Ancient city that gives its name to the North Mesopotamian Gawra period; developed from early farming villages into sophisticated settlements with elaborate temples; invaded by non-Semites and Hurrians ca. 1700 BCE.
Names:
Tepe Gawra
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
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Al-ʻIrāq
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nīnawá
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Tepe Gawra
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Assyria
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
)
............
Tepe Gawra
(deserted settlement) (
P,
H
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was city of ancient Mesopotamia; inhabited from 4500 BC
archaeological site (
C
)
............
rich site with 26 distinct strata
inhabited place (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tepe Gawra..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Atlas of Mesopotamia (1990)
232
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 922
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Atlas of Mesopotamia (1990)
232
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 922
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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