Babylon Processional Street North Gate
Babylon Processional Street North Gate North Annex · Babylon Site
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇮🇶 Babil, Babylon, Iraq
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About Babylon Processional Street North Gate
Babylon Processional Street North Gate in Babil, Babylon, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 32.5360N 44.4210E controls access to Babil resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for Babil, Babylon, illustrating Bronze Age construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1992 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Babylon Processional Street North Gate main structure
c. 1932
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1992–2007
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Babylon Processional Street North Gate) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
32.5360° N · 44.4210° E · 304 m · 4 mapped features
- Babylon Processional Street North Gate — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel32.5368° N · 44.4219° E
- Babylon Processional Street North Gate — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature32.5350° N · 44.4203° E
- Babylon Processional Street North Gate — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial32.5375° N · 44.4222° E
- Babylon Processional Street North Gate — Hydraulic/CisternhydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site32.5344° N · 44.4199° E
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