Zabala (Sumer)
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Zabala, also Zabalam (𒍝𒈽𒀕𒆠 zabalamki, modern Tell Ibzeikh (also Tell el-Buzekh or Tell Ibzaykh), Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq) was a city of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia, located in what is now the Dhi Qar governorate in Iraq. In early archaeology this location was also called Tel el-Buzekh. Locally it is called Tell Bzikh. Zabala was at the crossing of the ancient Iturungal and Ninagina canals, 10 kilometers to the northwest of Umma. The city's deity was Inanna of Zabala.[1] A cuneiform tablet from Zabala contains one of only a few metro-mathematical tables of area measures from the Early Dynastic Period.[2]
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Alternative name | Tell el-Buzekh |
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Location | Dhi Qar Province, Iraq |
Region | Mesopotamia |
Coordinates | 31°44′36″N 45°52′36″E |
Type | Settlement |
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Periods | Jemdet Nasr, Early Dynastic, Sargonic, Ur III, Isin-Larsa |
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Excavation dates | 2001, 2002 |
Archaeologists | Haider Al-Subaihawi |
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