Adab overview
Modern name(s) Tell Bismaya
Region Mesopotamia
Section Lower Mesopotamia
Latitude 31.94700807 N suggest info
Longitude 45.96842134 E
Status Accurate location
Excavation
published 1886
Initial excavations of the site of Bismaya were by William Hayes Ward of the Wolfe Expedition in 1885 and by John Punnett Peters of the University of Pennsylvania in 1889. Later excavations were conducted there for six months from Christmas of 1903 to June 1904 for the University of Chicago, by Dr. Edgar James Banks.
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31.947008, 45.968421 === 31.947008 N, 45.968421 E === 31° 56' 49.2" N, 45° 58' 6.3" E
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Sources for the placemark are so sufficiently numerous that none is pointed out in particular. The location of the site is commonly known and accepted as accurate.
Web Adab at Wikipedia
Nearest sites Bad-tibira, Dûr-gurgurri, Pantibiblos, Patibira, Tell al-Madineh, circa 19.3 km (12 mi) south
Zabala, Tell Ibzeikh, circa 24.3 km (15.1 mi) south-west
Tell Tarbas, circa 25.2 km (15.6 mi) south-west
Tell Shmid, circa 26.1 km (16.2 mi) south-west
Umma, Tell Jokha, circa 32 km (19.9 mi) south
Umma, Tell Umm al-Aqarib, Tell Umm el-Ajarib, circa 36.4 km (22.6 mi) south
Girsu, Ngirsu, Tello, Telloh, circa 47.3 km (29.4 mi) south-east
Kesh?, Larak?, Tell Wilaya, circa 49.9 km (31 mi) north-west
Kutalla, Tell Sifr, circa 72.5 km (45.1 mi) south
Tell Banura, circa 53.3 km (33.1 mi) north-west
Shuruppak, Tell Fara, circa 47.2 km (29.4 mi) west
Larsa, Tell as-Senkereh, circa 74.5 km (46.3 mi) south
Kisurra, Tell Abu Hatab, circa 47.6 km (29.6 mi) west
Tell al-Oueili, Tell Awayli, circa 78.7 km (48.9 mi) south
Umm al-Hafriyat, circa 50.2 km (31.2 mi) west
Ishan Abu Basur esh-Sharqi, circa 58.2 km (36.2 mi) north-west
Tell Abu Dhaba, circa 58.9 km (36.6 mi) north-west
Uruk, Unug, Warka, circa 76 km (47.2 mi) south-west
Ishan Rakiba, Ishan Ranya, circa 61.9 km (38.5 mi) south
Sharrakum, Urusagrig, circa 56.7 km (35.2 mi) west
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Database ID 128, created 2 Jun 2008, 12:46, Last changed 30 Sep 2014, 14:57