TELL AGRAB

Tell Agrab is located east of ancient Eshnunna

Stamp seal with Striding Figure Holding Batons, Drill Technique, Tell Agrab. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago

Tell Agrab (or Aqrab) is a tell or settlement mound 12.6 miles (20.3 km) southeast of Eshnunna in the Diyala region of Iraq.

History :

Tell Agrab was occupied during the Jemdet Nasr and Early Dynastic periods through the Akkadian and Larsa periods. It was during the Early Dynastic period that monumental building occurred, including the Shara Temple. There is no evidence that it was occupied after the end of the third millennium BC.

Archaeology :

The site of Tell Agrab is encompassed by a 500 by 600 metres (1,600 by 2,000 ft) rectangle with a height of around 12 metres (39 ft). Though it had been subject to illegal digging earlier, the site was officially excavated in 1936 and 1937 by a team from the Oriental Institute of Chicago which was also working at Eshnunna, Khafajah and Tell Ishchali during that time. The dig was led by Seton Lloyd. The primary excavation effort was on the large Early Dynastic temple, which was dedicated to Shara according to a bowl inscription. Only the western end of the Shara Temple was studied, the rest being badly eroded. The temple was about 60 metres (200 ft) square and was surrounded by a wall 6 metres (20 ft) wide with large supporting buttresses. The presence of sling stones and a sappers tunnel indicated an attack in the Early Dynastic era. Aside from a number of treasure caches and cylinder seals found, the most notable find was a copper chariot pulled by four onagers, one of the earliest examples known.

Gallery :

Kneeling Nude Male Holding Vase on Head, Tell Agrab, Shara Temple, Early Dynastic period, 2900-2700 BC, calcite - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07462

Fragment of a Sumerian male statue from the Shara Temple at Tell Agrab, Iraq Museum

Head of a Sumerian woman from the Shara Temple at Tell Agrab, Iraq Museum

Male head from Shara Temple, Tell Agrab, Iraq Museum

Female statuette from Tell Agrab, Iraq Museum

Gilgamesh wrestling two bulls, from Shara Temple, Tell Agrab, Iraq Museum

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Tell_Agrab