Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources

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Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources John MacGinnis Ministry of Culture and Youth - KRG The city of Erbil Ees at the foot of the piedmont of the Zagros mountains in a strategic position which made it a natural gateway between Iran and Mesopotamia. At the same time its command of the rich alluvial plains to the west ensured a flourishing agricultural base; the emergence of a city in this location was inevitable. Erbil now claims to be one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, and not without reason: archaeological surface survey has indeed produced potsherds dating back to the Ubaid period (ca. 5500-4000 BQ. This combination of prolonged occupation and strategic location marks out Erbil as an exceptional site. Within the …


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John MacGinnis Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources Ministry of Culture and Youth Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Culture and Youth Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources John MacGinnis Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Culture and Youth Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources: a Catalogue and Historical Assessment by John MacGinnis University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Prepared for the Ministry by the Consultancy for Conservation and Development Ltd 2013 ISBN 978-9933-9134-0-3 Published by the Ministry of Culture and Youth Kurdistan Regional Government Erbil 2013 Registration No. issued by the General Directorate of Public Libraries 72 for 2013 Illustration front cover - Nabonidus Chronicle, recording Cyrus the Great passing near Erbil through the territory of his Median allies en-route to invade Urartu in 547 BC (see p. 116) British Museum, London - BM 35382 Illustration back cover - oblique aerial view of Erbil photographed on 14 November 1938 by the Royal Air Force on behalf of Sir Aurel Stein University College, London UCLCA/IA/C/1,13855