Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 3 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Archaeologists from the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania discovered a large temple at the city of Nippur in Iraq, one of two discovered in 1952 at the northwestern end of a forty-acre religious quarter. As diggers began clearing sand and superficial layers above the temple, measurements of the structure were estimated to be 165 by 230 feet. |
| 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; 11.5 x 16.5 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01658 |
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