Khafajah

33.7544.75Koordinaten: 33 ° 45 '0 "N, 44 ° 45' 0" E

Hafaǧi is an ancient oriental locality in Diyala / Hamrin area in present-day Iraq and is identified with the historical Tutub and major Samsuiluna. Is known of the locality especially for its three temples that were built respectively on the typical for the time plano-convex bricks.

History

Hafaǧi was inhabited throughout the Frühdynastikums and Akkadzeit before it got to the beginning of the Early Bronze Age under the control Ešnunnas and finally Babylon. The son Hammurapi and 7th king of the dynasty of Babylon, Samsu - iluna built here a fort named after him After that, the place was abandoned forever.

Temple

Sîn Temple

The oldest temple Hafaǧis is the temple of the moon god Sîn. This temple was founded in the Ğemdet Nasr period and during its existence, rebuilt ten times. This makes it particularly valuable for archeology, because as the development of architecture from prehistoric Urukzeit can be traced to the end of the historic Frühdynastikums.

Nintu Temple

The temple of the Sumerian Mother Goddess Nintu was only during Frühdynastikums and originally had two, later three worship spaces. Here are some famous works of art have been found in bronze, including the representation of two wrestlers.

Temple Oval

The Temple Oval is the most famous temple in Hafaǧi and consists of two oval walls, between which were presumably residences and administrative buildings. On the inner side of inner wall, various rooms were grown so that their walls formed a rectangular courtyard, on which stood a podium with the actual temple.