Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Stone, Elizabeth C.
Date
2006-08-01
Keywords
Archaeology | Tell Abu-Habbah, Tell ed-Der, Sippar
Department
Department of Anthropology
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71480
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to determine whether a pair of sites located in southern Mesopotamia, Tell Abu-Habbah (ancient Sippar-Jahrurum) and Tell ed-Der (ancient Sippar-Amnânum) represented two different cities or one larger complex. The spirit of this paper is to produce a comprehensive and comparative study of both sites to understand the connection between them and to find out whether or not they were one or two cities. This research used written documentation, archaeological data and the results of geomorphological analyses, all mediated by a GIS of the area, to investigate this problem. The thesis concludes that both cities were part of one center called Sippar, as reflected in their names. Even though the two cities were separated by some six kilometers, they were dependent on each other. Tell ed-Der seems to have been a complementary part of Abu-Habbah, serving primarily as its suburb and manufacturing area.
Recommended Citation
Mahmood, Lina, "Two Cities of Sippar: Tell Abu-Habbah and Tell ed-Der" (2006). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 686.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/686