Zabala (Sumer)

Zabala
𒍝𒈽𒀕𒆠
Zabala is located in Iraq
Zabala
Zabala
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameTell el-Buzekh
LocationDhi Qar Province, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates31°44′36″N 45°52′36″E / 31.74333°N 45.87667°E / 31.74333; 45.87667
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsJemdet Nasr, Early Dynastic, Sargonic, Ur III, Isin-Larsa
Site notes
Excavation dates2001, 2002
ArchaeologistsHaider Al-Subaihawi
Foundation figurine of Warad-Sin for Inanna, found at Zabalam.

Zabala, also Zabalam (𒍝𒈽𒀕𒆠 zabalamki, modern Tell Ibzeikh (also Tell el-Buzekh or Tell Ibzaykh), Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq) was a city of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia, located in what is now the Dhi Qar governorate in Iraq. In early archaeology this location was also called Tel el-Buzekh. Locally it is called Tell Bzikh. Zabala was at the crossing of the ancient Iturungal and Ninagina canals, 10 kilometers to the northwest of Umma. The city's deity was Inanna of Zabala.[1] A cuneiform tablet from Zabala contains one of only a few metro-mathematical tables of area measures from the Early Dynastic Period.[2]

  1. ^ Powell, M. A. "Evidence for Local Cults at Presargonic Zabala." Orientalia, vol. 45, 1976, pp. 100–104
  2. ^ Feliu, Lluís. "A New Early Dynastic IIIb Metro-Mathematical Table Tablet of Area Measures from Zabalam" Altorientalische Forschungen, vol. 39, no. 2, 2012, pp. 218-225