Water supply and disposal in Assyria in the light of cuneiform sources. | ||
| Athar Alrafedain | ||
| Article 13, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2012, Pages 145-157 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/athar.2012.69779 | ||
| Author | ||
| Eman Hani Alloush* | ||
| Archeology Department College of Archeology University of Mosul Mosul Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The supply and disposal of water in the cities and the capital in ancient Iraq is one of the important civilizational achievements and one of the most important elements of civilization whose influence has spread to the civilizations of the neighboring countries of Mesopotamia. The cuneiform texts and archaeological evidence reflected the importance of providing water to the population in ancient Iraq, especially the modern Assyrian era, as well as finding ways to drain the (heavy) wastewater. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| supply; water; drainage; Assyria; sources; cuneiform | ||
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