Abu Sufyan (Kordofan)
When Abu Sufyan is a ruin site in what is now Sudan . It is located about 50 km west of Wadi el-Melek in the Kordofan region .
The settlement was built mainly from adobe bricks. A round stone wall with a diameter of about 60 m enclosed the settlement; A stronger fortified citadel is integrated into this wall in the northwest . The settlement complex dates to the time around the birth of Christ. Ceramic finds suggest that it was culturally closely linked to Zankor , about 250 km to the south .
In the vicinity of the settlement there were in part extensive tumulus cemeteries. One of these tumuli is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a pyramid in older literature .
The ruined city was discovered in 1923 by Douglas Newbold and briefly explored. More detailed archaeological prospection and test excavations found in 2005 under the direction of Brigitte Gratien instead.
literature
- B. Gratien: Prospection dans le Kordofan occidental, autour de Zankor et d'Abou Sofyan (2002-2005). In: W. Godlewski, A. Łajtar, I. Zych (Eds.): Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies, Warsaw. PAMS 2, 2010, ISBN 978-83-235-0747-5 , pp. 237-246.
Individual evidence
- ^ D. Newbold: A Desert Odyssey of a Thousand Miles. In: Sudan Notes and Records. 7, 1924, pp. 79-80.
Coordinates: 15 ° 36 ′ 47 " N , 28 ° 6 ′ 11" E