Tell Agrab

Tell Agreb, also Tell Agrab, is a Mesopotamian ruins in the Diyala valley in today's Iraq. The site was excavated in the 1930s from the University of Chicago Oriental Institute.

During the excavations were found especially a large temple complex, which is dated to 2600 BC and was dedicated to the Sumerian god Shara. The building was surrounded approximately square and thick wall. It consisted of two temples, the dwellings of priests and administrative units. There were numerous richly decorated vessels and statues, including praying statues of stone and bronze, a white woman's head made ​​of limestone and the oldest Quadriga found so far of copper.