Ancient Locations

The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics.

Olof Pedersén

Professor in Assyriology. His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence.

Nearest sites

Ur, Uru.Unuki, Tell al-Muqayyar, circa 13.4 km (8.3 mi) south-west
Tell es-Sakheri, circa 15.8 km (9.8 mi) west
Tell al-Ubaid, circa 18.2 km (11.3 mi) south-west
Merejib, circa 20.8 km (12.9 mi) south
Tell Abu Rasain, circa 24.5 km (15.2 mi) south
Eridu mound 2, Palace, circa 31.8 km (19.7 mi) south-west
Eridu, Eridug, Nunki, Babel, Tell Abu Shahrain, circa 32.5 km (20.2 mi) south-west
Eridu mound 5, circa 32.8 km (20.4 mi) south-west
Eridu mound 3, circa 34.4 km (21.4 mi) south-west
Kutalla, Tell Sifr, circa 34.7 km (21.5 mi) north-west
Eridu mound 7, circa 34.8 km (21.6 mi) south-west
Eridu mound 4, circa 34.9 km (21.7 mi) south-west
Kisiga, Kuara, Duru, Tell al-Lahm, circa 34.9 km (21.7 mi) south-east
Eridu mound 6, circa 35 km (21.7 mi) south-west
Tell al-Oueili, Tell Awayli, circa 36.2 km (22.5 mi) north-west
Ishan Rakiba, Ishan Ranya, circa 41.1 km (25.5 mi) north-west
Larsa, Tell as-Senkereh, circa 41.6 km (25.8 mi) north-west
Lagash, Tell al-Hiba, circa 45 km (28 mi) north-east
Oldest known bridge, circa 56.6 km (35.2 mi) north
Girsu, Ngirsu, Tello, Telloh, circa 56.6 km (35.2 mi) north
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Database

ID 4009, created 11 Oct 2015, 20:50, Last changed 11 Oct 2015, 20:50