Isin

Isin
Isin is located in Iraq
Isin
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameIshan al-Bahriyat
LocationAl-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates31°53′06″N 45°16′07″E / 31.88500°N 45.26861°E / 31.88500; 45.26861
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsEarly Dynastic, Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Babylonian
Site notes
Excavation dates1924, 1926, 1973-1989
ArchaeologistsStephen Herbert Langdon, Raymond P. Dougherty, Barthel Hrouda

Isin (Sumerian: 𒉌𒋛𒅔𒆠, romanized: I3-si-inki,[1] modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period. It lies about 40 km (25 mi) southeast of the modern city of Al Diwaniyah.

The tutelary deity of Isin, dating back to at least the Early Dynastic period, was the healing goddess Gula with a major temple (, E-gal-ma) sited there as well as smaller installations for the related gods of Ninisina and Sud.[2][3]

  1. ^ ETCSL. Sumerian King List . Accessed 19 Dec 2010.
  2. ^ Tsouparopoulou, Christina, "The Healing Goddess, Her Dogs and Physicians in Late Third Millennium BC Mesopotamia", Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 14-24, 2020
  3. ^ "Excavations in Iraq 1975", Iraq, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 69-70, 1976