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<< Text Pages >> Sur-Marrati - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 05 November 2006  Page Views: 3475

Multi-periodSite Name: Sur-Marrati
Country: Iraq Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Samarra
Latitude: 34.176618N  Longitude: 43.824817E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

The city of Sur-Marrati, refounded by Sennacherib in 690 BCE according to a stele is thought to be the fortified Assyrian site of al-Huwaysh, on the Tigris opposite to modern Samarra.
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Samarrah Station (Tigris Front)
Samarrah Station (Tigris Front)
Outpost near Samarrah (Tigris)
Outpost Samarrah (Tigris Front)

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