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SITE ID - NAME :	N3	Nuzi
ANCIENT NAME :	Gasur (Old Akkadian name)
OTHER NAME :	Yorghan (Tepe), Yorgan (Tepe)
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Kirkuk
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic; Chalcolithic; Protoliterate; Early Historic; Late Historic
PERIOD CODE :	3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
DESCRIPTION :	A small (4 ha) site near Kirkuk. Many of the early levels at the site are poorly understood, but the site is important because of its collection of Old Akkadian (Mitanni) texts of the 23rd century BC, and the extensive exposure of mid 2nd-millennium (Old Assyrian) occupation associated with the kingdom of Arrapha and with the Mitanni. During this period the site was marked by a citadel with a palace and a temple, surrounded by private houses. Many clay texts have been recovered from different archives in these different buildings. It seems that Hurrian was the spoken language. Nuzi is especially well-known for its 'Nuzi Ware': a style of painted pottery that was widely distributed in mid 2nd-millennium western Asian sites.
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