QALAT-I
DINKA
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Qalat-i
Dinka shown within Near East
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Exacavations
at Qalat-i Dinka, September 26, 2019
Location
: Little
Zab, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq
Region
: Mesopotamia
Coordinates
: 36°8'13
N 45°7'57 E
Qalat-i
Dinka is an archaeological excavation site in Iraq, which is located
on the Little Zab, in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the very
north-east of the country. Excavations have been taking place there
since 2016 after a fragment of a cuneiform tablet came to light
by chance. The excavation results are available annually in preliminary
reports and excavation publications.
Qalat-i
Dink is mainly the remains of a Neo-Assyrian city that took up about
60 hectares. The ancient name of the city is unknown. Modern robbery
excavations have often disrupted the archaeological layers, which
makes exploring the ruins more difficult. Earlier remains dating
back to the Copper Age have also been found in various places in
the city. A furnace from this time was completely uncovered.
The
size of the city and its structure are relatively well known due
to magnometric surveys. The ruins are spread over a hill, which
the excavators call the citadel, and the city proper to the north,
known as the lower city. Small areas have been excavated in various
places in the city. The residential buildings are made of rubble,
but so far no house has been completely exposed. One building that
may have belonged to a wealthy citizen of the city had a large hall,
the floor of which is paved with bricks. Three phases could be distinguished.
Remains of a wall were found below the house, suggesting older buildings.
This was followed by the phase in which the house was built, and
there are later graves that are spread over the excavation area.
The graves mainly contained jewelry as gifts, but there was also
a well-preserved bronze bowl.
The
finds in the city proper include mainly ceramics. But there were
also cylinder seals that stylistically dated to the first half of
the first millennium BC. To date. In addition, numerous iron arrowheads
and fever came to light.
Graves
from the Sassanid period have also been found. They usually only
contained a few jewelry gifts. These were mainly stone and glass
beads.
Gallery
:
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Room
58 appears. Some of the excavated findings were put in buckets
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Grave
109 is shown
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Part
of the surface of one of the adjacent outdoors. The area has been
punctuated by modern looters' pits
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Part
of a skeleton appears. Grave 103
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Qalat-i_Dinka