Rafidain العربية

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Tell Asmar (Eshnunna)

تل أسمر (إشنونا)

SumerDiyala

The site of Eshnunna, capital of a kingdom in the Diyala valley that flourished in the third and early second millennia BC.

It is famous for a hoard of wide-eyed worshipper statues found in the 1930s, now shared between the Iraq Museum and museums worldwide.

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