Ancient Locations

The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics.

Olof Pedersén

Professor in Assyriology. His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence.

Nearest sites

Tell Abu Rasain, circa 5.4 km (3.3 mi) south-east
Ur, Uru.Unuki, Tell al-Muqayyar, circa 13.2 km (8.2 mi) north-west
Eridu mound 5, circa 18.1 km (11.3 mi) west
Eridu mound 2, Palace, circa 18.8 km (11.7 mi) west
Tell al-Ubaid, circa 18.9 km (11.8 mi) north-west
Eridu mound 3, circa 20.3 km (12.6 mi) west
Eridu mound 6, circa 20.6 km (12.8 mi) west
Ishan Abu Kumbaru, circa 20.8 km (12.9 mi) north
Kisiga, Kuara, Duru, Tell al-Lahm, circa 20 km (12.4 mi) south-east
Tell es-Sakheri, circa 21.3 km (13.2 mi) north-west
Eridu, Eridug, Nunki, Babel, Tell Abu Shahrain, circa 18.9 km (11.8 mi) west
Eridu mound 7, circa 21.9 km (13.6 mi) west
Kutalla, Tell Sifr, circa 52 km (32.3 mi) north-west
Tell al-Oueili, Tell Awayli, circa 50.6 km (31.4 mi) north-west
Lagash, Tell al-Hiba, circa 64.6 km (40.2 mi) north
Larsa, Tell as-Senkereh, circa 56.2 km (35 mi) north-west
Ishan Rakiba, Ishan Ranya, circa 60.4 km (37.6 mi) north
Umma, Tell Jokha, circa 93.5 km (58.1 mi) north
Uruk, Unug, Warka, circa 72.9 km (45.3 mi) north-west
Bad-tibira, Dûr-gurgurri, Pantibiblos, Patibira, Tell al-Madineh, circa 102.7 km (63.8 mi) north
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ID 4465, created 5 Apr 2011, 20:14, Last changed 28 Dec 2011, 19:08