Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 2 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Early dynastic temple, one of two discovered during a 1952 dig by the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. A baked-brick faced wall with niches and buttresses (lower center) point toward the building's function. The temple proper lies beyond the wall where members of the excavation team are standing. |
| Subject Terms | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Architecture, Sumerian | Temples, Sumerian | Architecture, Ancient--Iraq | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1952-06-26 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.5 x 11.6 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01657 |
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