Alternative name | Tell Abu Sheeja |
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Location | Maysan Governorate, Iraq |
Region | Mesopotamia |
Coordinates | 32°23′45″N 47°8′52″E / 32.39583°N 47.14778°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 3rd millennium BCE |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2007 |
Archaeologists | A. Mohammad, H.A. Hamza |
Pashime, also Bashime (𒁀𒋛𒈨𒆠 ba-si-meKI), was an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia. It has recently been identified with Tell Abu Sheeja, Iraq, about 7 km from Iraq's border with Iran (about 100 kilometers west of Susa). It lies about 70 kilometers southeast of modern Baghdad.[1][2] Pashime corresponded to an area of interaction between Mesopotamia and Elam. Its patron god was Shuda.[2] The city of Pashime was previously thought to be located on the Persian Gulf.[2][3]
A stele was discovered in Tell Abu Sheeja with the name of a Governor Ilšu-rabi, who has the same name as Ilšu-rabi the Governor of Pashime in the Manishtushu Obelisk inscription.[4][2] The inscription on the stele reads:
"For the God Shuda, Ilsu-rabi of Pashime, the soldier, brought in this statue. May the one who erases the name (on this inscription) not find an heir; may he not acquire a name (for himself)
History
Pasime is known in two texts from the Ur III period.[5] Pasime is also known to have been active in period of the First Sealand dynasty.[6]
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Inscribed door-socket from the Temple of Šuda at Tell Abu Sheeja, Iraq. Ur III period, 21 century BCE. Iraq Museum.[2]
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The name of Pashime (𒁀𒋛𒈨𒆠 ba-si-meKI) on the stele of Ilšu-rabi
References
- ^ Crawford, Harriet (2013). The Sumerian World. Routledge. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-136-21912-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g [1]Hussein, Ayad Mohammad, et al., "Tell Abu Sheeja/Ancient Pašime: Report on the First Season of Excavations, 2007", Akkadica 131.1, 47-103, 2010
- ^ Mohammad, A., Hamza, H.A., Kadhum, A., "The Excavations of Tell Abu Sheeja, The 1st Season 2007", Sumer 53, pp. 61-110, ('05/'06) (arabic)
- ^ Eppihimer, Melissa (2019). Exemplars of Kingship: Art, Tradition, and the Legacy of the Akkadians. Oxford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-19-090301-5.
- ^ Owen, David I., "Transliterations, Translations, and Brief Comments", The Nesbit Tablets, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2016, pp. 13-110, 2016
- ^ Taher Al-Zubaidi, Ahmed K., and Mohammed S. Attia. "A Cylinder Seal from Tell Abu Al-Dhahab Dated to the First Sealand Dynasty (1740–1374 BC)", Iraq (00210889) 83, 2021
- ^ Eppihimer, Melissa (2019). Exemplars of Kingship: Art, Tradition, and the Legacy of the Akkadians. Oxford University Press. p. 222, note 26. ISBN 978-0-19-090301-5.