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Isometric drawing showing a reconstruction of the oval temple at Tutub, c. 2900 bc
Isometric drawing showing a reconstruction of the oval temple at Tutub, c. 2900 bc

Tutub

ancient city, Iraq
Also known as: Khafājī
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Tutub, modern KhafājÄ«, ancient Sumerian city-state located in the Diyālā Valley east of Baghdad, Iraq. Tutub was of greatest significance during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900ā€“2334 bc), and important remains have been found dating to that periodā€”particularly the temple oval. Tutub was excavated between 1930 and 1938 by investigators from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

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