Historical place profile
Umma
Umma was an important ancient city of Sumer but has not been scientifically excavated. The mainstream of scholarly opinion associates the ancient site with Tell Jokha, Iraq, located in Iraq's Northwestern Dhi Qar Governorate. This area is remote and is associated with a network of ancient canals. Tell Jokha measures about 1,500 meters in diameter.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:44626252
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:44626252
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.667955, 45.886786
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Umma was an important ancient city of Sumer but has not been scientifically excavated. The mainstream of scholarly opinion associates the ancient site with Tell Jokha, Iraq, located in Iraq's Northwestern Dhi Qar Governorate. This area is remote and is associated with a network of ancient canals. Tell Jokha measures about 1,500 meters in diameter.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: TAVO Index
Source and reuse
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Research path
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