Tell Uqair
Tell Uqair is the modern name of an archaeological site in what is now Iraq . The place is northwest of Nippur .
The remains of an Obed settlement were found in Iraqi excavations . The place is of particular importance, however, as a temple on a platform that dates back to the Djemdet Nasr period (around 3000 BC) was excavated here. Well-preserved remains of wall paintings were found in the building . There are painted pictures of leopards and lions and there is an ornamentation that is reminiscent of the pen mosaics of Uruk . The paintings were so well preserved that the temple was later abandoned and an even higher platform was built. For this, the temple rooms were filled with bricks, which then protected the paintings.
literature
- Seton Lloyd: Tell Uqair: Excavations by the Iraq Government Directorate General of Antiquities in 1940 and 1941 , In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies 2,2. 1943