Kish

settlement · 6200 BC – 2100 AD

Kish was an ancient city of Sumer located east of Babylon in Mesopotamia. Kish was occupied from the Jemdet Nasr period (ca. 3100 BC) until its abandonment under the Seleucids.

Coordinates

32.54609, 44.59316

Also known as

Inġarra, Ingharra, Ingharrah (arb), Kiš (sux), Kiš, Kish (akk), Kiššatu (akk), Kīsh (ar), Tall Antika, Tall Antīka, Tall Antika, Tall Antikah, Tell Antike, Tell Antikeh (arb), Tall Inġarra, Tall Ingharra, Tall Ingharrah, Tell Ingharra, Tell Ingharrah (arb), Tall al Uḥaimir (osar), Tall al-Uḥaimar Kiš, Tall al-Uḥaimir, Tall al-Uhaimir, Tall al-Uhaymir, Tell el-Uheimir, Tell el-Uheymir, Tell Uhaimir, Tall Oheimir (arb), Tall al-Uḥēmir, Tall al-Uhemir, Tell el-Uhemir, Tall Uhemir (ar), كيش (ar), Ḫursagkalama, Khursagkalama (akk)

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
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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