Adab

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Adab was an ancient Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia, notable as an early urban center during the Early Dynastic period.

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Label Occurrences
Adab canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian city ⓘ
ancient city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedBy early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
conqueredBy Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culture Sumerian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
declinePeriod late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Edgar James Banks ⓘ
University of Chicago expedition ⓘ
excavationEndYear 1905 ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1903 ⓘ
flourishedIn Early Dynastic I period ⓘ
Early Dynastic II period ⓘ
Early Dynastic III period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind administrative tablets ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
cylinder seals ⓘ
inscribed bricks ⓘ
statues ⓘ
temple architecture remains ⓘ
hasDeity Ninhursag ⓘ
hasFeature city walls ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
hasRuler Lugal-Anne-Mundu ⓘ
Lugal-dalu ⓘ
Meskigala ⓘ
hasTitleInSources city of Ninhursag ⓘ
inhabitedDuring 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
knownAs Bismaya ⓘ
Bismya ⓘ
linked to: Bismaya

Udab ⓘ
Udaba ⓘ
languageUsed Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
laterControlledBy Isin dynasty ⓘ
Ur III dynasty ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedInRegion ancient Sumer ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
mainTempleDedicatedTo Ninhursag ⓘ
mentionedIn Sumerian King List ⓘ
partOf Sumer ⓘ
period Early Dynastic period ⓘ
urbanType early urban center ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ

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