Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension
Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE)·Ubaid·🇮🇶 Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq
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About Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension in Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq is a Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal necropolis 8 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 30.8227N 45.9934E controls access to Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, illustrating Ubaid construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 5000 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 5000 BCE
Initial construction of Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension main structure
c. 988 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
30.8227° N · 45.9934° E · 5 m · 4 mapped features
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — Main Temple-Complex Feature
reservoirPrimary reservoir at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
30.8231° N · 45.9946° EEridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
moundAncillary mound at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
30.8240° N · 45.9937° EEridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
dromosOutlier dromos panel linked to Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
30.8223° N · 45.9928° EEridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
structureHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Southern Extension with plastered basin
30.8239° N · 45.9930° E