Italian mission discovers archaeological site in northern Iraq
The archaeological site discovered in the northern Iraqi governorate of Nineveh. Photo: Shafaq News
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi authorities unveiled an archaeological discovery containing the remains of an administrative building and tablets dating back to the Assyrian era, east of Nineveh governorate.
The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) said on Sunday that an Italian mission discovered the archaeological site, which has remains of an administrative building made of mud dating back to the Neo-Assyrian era, east of the northern Iraqi governorate of Nineveh.
The director of SBAH’s excavation department, Suhail Al-Tamimi, said that the Italian mission also discovered other findings, including a collection of 120 clay tablets with literary texts, according to the Shafaq News.
Al-Tamimi indicated that excavations showed two layers of two different cultural eras, one dating back to the Neo-Assyrian era and the other to the Middle Assyrian era.
The Iraqi official added that the committee from SBAH reviewed the work of the mission, removed the debris at the site, and emphasized the need to adhere to the instructions of SBAH.