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- The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) of the University of Chicago began digging at Nippur in 1948; this is the longest-running ISAC excavation in the Near East.
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Nippur was first excavated, briefly, by Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1851. Full-scale digging was begun by an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania. The work involved four seasons of excavation between 1889 and 1900 and was led by John Punnett Peters, John Henry Haynes, and Hermann Volrath Hilprecht.
The first American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia excavated at Nippur from 1889 to 1900; the work was resumed in 1948. The eastern section of the city has been called the scribal quarter because of the many thousands of Sumerian tablets found there; in fact, the excavations at Nippur have been the primary source of the literary ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nippur was one of the longest-lived sites, beginning in the prehistoric Ubaid period (c. 5000 B. C. ) and lasting until about A. D. 800, in the Islamic era (Gibson 1992). Figure. 1 Map of ancient Mesopotamia. Figure. 2 Plan of Nippur, with excavation areas indicated Tablet Hill is the mound vith Trenches TA, TB, and TC.
The expedition worked at Nippur until 1900, finding more than 30,000 cuneiform tablets and hundreds of other objects. The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) of the University of Chicago began digging at Nippur in 1948; this is the longest-running ISAC excavation in the Near East.
Apr 23, 2022 · Nippur excavations, 1893. (John Henry Haynes / Public domain) From Holy City to Decaying Ruins. Nippur experienced many seasons of both downfall and regeneration. At times, when all hope seemed lost for Nippur, a nearby king might send workers to have parts of the temple rebuilt or for additions to be built onto it.
The project “Nippur Digitized” aims to make available in digital format the copious records of the University of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur in 1889-1900, including the motivations and objectives of such a difficult and dangerous undertaking far from home, and also what happened to the results after the excavations were over.
Director. After a pause of five years, the Oriental Institute has resumed excava tion at Nippur, the holy city of ancient Mesopotamia. Under a new field director, McGuire Gibson, the Nippur Expedition is envisioned as a long-term operation to be carried out on a yearly basis.
