Puzrish-Dagan

Puzrish-Dagan
Puzrish-Dagan
Shown within Iraq
Puzrish-Dagan
Puzrish-Dagan (Near East)
LocationIraq
RegionAl-Qādisiyyah Governorate
Coordinates32°03′29″N 45°17′20″E / 32.05815151°N 45.28901155°E / 32.05815151; 45.28901155
Typearchaeological site, human settlement
Area10 hectare (unknown), 15 hectare (unknown)
Height8.5 metre
History
BuilderShulgi
PeriodsEarly Dynastic period, Akkad period, Ur III period
Site notes
Excavation dates2007
ArchaeologistsAli Ubeid Shalkam

Puzrish-Dagan (modern Drehem) (Tall ad-Duraihim) is an important archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate (Iraq). It is best known for the thousands of clay tablets that are known to have come from the site through looting during the early twentieth century.

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