Umma

settlement · 6500 BC – 2100 AD

Umma was an important ancient city of Sumer but has not been scientifically excavated. The mainstream of scholarly opinion associates the ancient site with Tell Jokha, Iraq, located in Iraq's Northwestern Dhi Qar Governorate. This area is remote and is associated with a network of ancient canals. Tell Jokha measures about 1,500 meters in diameter.

Coordinates

31.66796, 45.88679

Also known as

Dschocha (deu), Tall Jūka (ar), Tall Ǧūḫa (ara), Tall Ǧūḫa, Tall Jukha, Tall Jukhah, Tell Jukha, Tell Jukhah, Tell Jokha (arb), Tell Jôkha (ara), Ǧōḫā (None), Ǧūḫā, Jukha, Jokha (arb), Умма (rus), אומה (heb), ام‌العقارب (fas), اوما (fas), تا جوكة (ara), تا جوكة (ar), უმა, 𒄑𒆵𒆠

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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