Bassetki

Bassetki is a small village in Iraq, in Dohuk Governorate of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. The village is associated with several archaeological finds.

Archaeological finds

In 1975 a fragment of a figure of Naram-Sin of Akkad, known as Bassetki Statue, was discovered near Bassetki. The statue was stolen from the National Museum of Iraq during the Iraq War, but was later retrieved by US soldiers.[1]

In August–October 2016 archaeological excavations have been conducted in Bassetki by the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies team from the University of Tübingen and Hasan Qasim from the Directorate of Antiquities in Dohuk.[1][2] They revealed a large Bronze Age city established in c. 3000 BC which flourished for more than 1,200 years.[1] From c. 2700 BC the city had a wall protecting the upper part of the city from invaders.[1] The city had an extensive road network, several residential districts and a palatial building.[1] A contemporary cemetery was located outside the city.[1] The city was connected to other regions of Mesopotamia and Anatolia by an overland roadway dating from c. 1800 BC.[1] The archeologists also discovered settlement layers dating from the Akkadian Empire,[1] which also encompassed the territory of modern Iraq. The finds were announced by the University of Tübingen on 3 November 2016.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Significant Bronze Age city discovered in Northern Iraq". Science Daily. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Archaeologists Unearth Bronze Age City in Iraq". Sci News. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bedeutende bronzezeitliche Stadt im Nordirak entdeckt" (in German). University of Tübingen. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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