Category:Kish (Mesopotamia)

**Kish**
	Ancient Sumerian city
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Instance of	ancient city; city-state; human settlement;
Culture	Sumer;
Location	Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent
Inception	3100 (in Julian calendar) BC;
Different from	Kish; archaeological site of Kish;
	32° 32′ 25″ N, 44° 36′ 17″ E
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English: Kish was an ancient city of Sumer, now in central Iraq. The Sumerian king list states it was the first city to have kings after the Deluge.

Deutsch: Kish war eine Stadt in Mesopotamien im Überschwemmungsgebiet des Euphrat (und in der Nähe des Tigris) im heutigen Zentral-Irak.

Français : Kish est une ville de l'ancienne Mésopotamie, particulièrement importante aux époques archaïques, durant lesquelles elle a longtemps exercé sa domination sur les autres états de Basse-Mésopotamie.

Italiano: Kish fu un'antica città dei Sumeri, ora situata nell'Iraq centrale. La Lista dei re Sumeri afferma che questa fu la prima città ad avere dei re dopo il Diluvio.

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

K

Kings of Kish‎ (1 C)
Kish pottery‎ (4 F)

S

Spear of Lugal-AO 2675‎ (12 F)

Media in category "Kish (Mesopotamia)"

The following 66 files are in this category, out of 66 total.

A looter's pit (left) at the ancient Sumerian city of Kish, Iraq. Fragments of pottery (right) are scattered near the pit.jpg 8,000 × 3,000; 11.1 MB
An ancient mound at Kish, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 893 KB
An ancient mound at the city of Kish, Mesopotamia, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 946 KB
Ancient mound at the city of Kish, Mesopotamia, Babil Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.13 MB
Animals figurines Kish Ashmolean.jpg 5,434 × 3,437; 2.91 MB
Annual report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year .. (1939) (18244588070).jpg 3,296 × 2,634; 1.84 MB
Annual report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year ..." (1907-1943) (19177728049).jpg 822 × 2,726; 633 KB
Beveled rim bowl Kish AN1981.986.jpg 3,222 × 2,323; 1.14 MB
Capital of Akkade (30665675165).jpg 1,024 × 768; 144 KB
Clappers Kish Ashmolean 1925.184.jpg 2,842 × 3,166; 1.25 MB
Cylinder seal Akkadian 1931.114 Etana.jpg 4,018 × 2,205; 1.45 MB
Cylinder seal Pan-Assur-lamur AN1932.319.jpg 3,216 × 2,376; 1.25 MB
Enuma elish AN1926.373.jpg 2,219 × 4,654; 1.49 MB
Funerary pottery Kish Ashmolean.jpg 4,799 × 3,359; 2.38 MB
Gibson - Late Abbasid Map of Kish Area.png 902 × 681; 177 KB
Gilgamesh and Huwawa Ashmolean.jpg 3,522 × 3,442; 2.49 MB
Gold earrings Kish Parthian Ashmolean.jpg 2,800 × 2,496; 919 KB
Gypsum wall carving depicting a bird, Sassanian period, 226-637 CE, from Kish, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg 3,350 × 3,544; 10.64 MB
Gypsum wall carving depicting plant motifs, Sassanian period, 226-637 CE, from Kish, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg 3,330 × 3,738; 10.71 MB
Hamazi inscription.jpg 857 × 824; 176 KB
Inlay fragments agricultural scenes ED Ashmolean.jpg 4,888 × 3,080; 3.22 MB
Inlay frieze fragments Kish ED Ashmolean.jpg 8,640 × 4,192; 6.82 MB
Inlay woman with clappers ED Ashmolean.jpg 1,731 × 1,676; 517 KB
Iraq. Kish. (Tel-Uhaimir). The ruling city immediately after the deluge. The ancient ruins showing extensive remains LOC matpc.16176.jpg 3,979 × 3,038; 6.55 MB
Iraq. Kish. (Tel-Uhaimir). The ruling city immediately after the deluge. The ancient ruins showing extensive remains LOC matpc.16176.tif 4,496 × 3,400; 14.58 MB
Kish ED stone vases Ashmolean.jpg 5,215 × 3,448; 2.75 MB
Kish stone fragment AN1930.153.jpg 3,982 × 3,726; 2.17 MB
Kish stone tablet AN1928.423.jpg 3,514 × 3,390; 1.58 MB
List of workers and rations Kish ED Ashmolean.jpg 3,463 × 3,445; 2.05 MB
Mace head of Mesilim Louvre AO2349.jpg 4,000 × 5,000; 14.08 MB
Man holding a pole BM 135154.jpg 3,500 × 3,398; 1.75 MB
Mebaragsi, King of Kish (transcription of fragment, original in Iraq National Museum).jpg 793 × 737; 264 KB
Metalwork Kish ED Ashmolean.jpg 5,004 × 3,722; 3.05 MB
Mother goddess jar AN1925.217.jpg 3,763 × 5,190; 3.35 MB
Murex Rimush Louvre AO21404.jpg 1,950 × 1,630; 2.05 MB
Part of a scene depicting an unidentified king with a prisoner of war. Stone inlays. From Kish, Iraq. Early Dynastic period, 2600-2370 BCE. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.jpg 3,361 × 2,825; 7.06 MB
Pottery fragments, illegal excavations at the ancient city of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.41 MB
Pottery jug Kish Parthian Ashmolean.jpg 2,279 × 2,438; 850 KB
Rhyton bull Kish Sasanian Ashmolean.jpg 4,073 × 3,369; 2.22 MB
Ruins near the ancient ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 943 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 909 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Mesopotamia, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.04 MB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 977 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Mesopotamia, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 924 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 925 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1,013 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Babylon Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.14 MB
Ruins near the ziggurat of the city of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 940 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of the city of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1,003 KB
Ruins near the ziggurat of the Mesopotamian city of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Babel Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.02 MB
Ruins of a ziggurat at the Sumerian city of Kish. Babel Governorate, Iraq..jpg 1,024 × 768; 310 KB
Ruins of the ziggurat of the ancient city of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 859 KB
Ruins of the ziggurat of the ancient city of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Mesopotamia, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 962 KB
Ruins of the ziggurat of the Sumerian city of Kish, Babylonia, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 822; 645 KB
Small jug Kish Louvre AO10603.jpg 1,053 × 1,578; 972 KB
Sumerian Brickwork (30024744384).jpg 1,024 × 768; 145 KB
Sumerian City of Kish (30639192106).jpg 1,024 × 768; 149 KB
Tablet and enveloppe Ashmolean 1930.407.jpg 4,972 × 2,145; 1.88 MB
Tableta con trillo.png 684 × 315; 87 KB
The ziggurat of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Mesopotamia, Babil Governorate, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 904 KB
The ziggurat of Kish, Tell al-Uhaymir, Mesopotamia, Iraq.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 948 KB
Triangle geometrical tablet Ashmolean 1931 91.jpg 3,134 × 2,735; 1.42 MB
Uhub vase inscription.jpg 914 × 863; 271 KB
Zababa Uhub Ensi Kish-ki.jpg 705 × 342; 169 KB
Ziggurat of Kish (30563365961).jpg 1,024 × 768; 147 KB
Развалины древнего Шумерского г.Киш (совр. городище Телль-Ухаймир, Ирак)..jpg 1,024 × 768; 235 KB