لقى معدنية من موقع شميت الأثري

الملخص EN

The archaeological site of Shmit, one of the most prominent archaeological sites that dated to an important period from the era of the dawn of the third dynasties and the beginning of the Akkadian era in Mesopotamia, is located in the Dhi Qar Governorate (Nasiriyah) and administratively belongs to the Al-Fajr sub-district in the north of the aforementioned governorate, at an estimated distance of 80 km, and is a distance from the capital, Baghdad.

It is estimated at about 300 km to the south.

The site has been exposed to excavations and looting of important parts of it since the early nineties of the last century, and this was one of the reasons that prompted the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage (Department of Antiquities and Heritage) to form a rescue mission to work on the site for the purpose of stopping the excavations and working according to a sound scientific plan to conduct archaeological excavations.

It was the result of that work for two long seasons 2001-2002 and the acquisition of important collections of Sumerian and Akkadian antiquities, as well as the discovery of one of the most prominent settlements that dated to the second half of the third millennium BC.

When we talk about artifacts, the materials from which they were made, the most prominent techniques that were employed in that, and the forms of art that were popular in the ancient Near East, we see that this has become one of the things that have an important amount of data, as many cuneiform texts dealt with artists-makers and their institutions.

Their organizations are in workshops or other institutions, and much has been mentioned about them in administrative and religious documents, as well as archaeological finds, including workshops and any other related activity sites.