Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 9 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Sumerian house dated to the beginning of Ur's Third Dynasty. It encloses a large shrine, a two-stepped altar (right), and a series of hearths for burnt offerings (center). A pick-man (background) is clearing a wall containing a niche. |
| Subject Terms | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Architecture, Sumerian | Dwellings--Iraq--Nippur (Extinct city) | Altars (Religious fixtures) | Shrines (Structures) | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1952-06-26 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 11.5 x 17.0 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01663 |
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