Mithra Temple

This temple was built in the first century AD for the god Mithra. This building is unique in Iraq. Its ruins are located in Uruk, southwest of the Anu Temple. (Deherb, 2009: 36)

7) (Akitu House) Building

It is a vast building located northeast of Uruk, outside the wall, far from the area of buildings and temples. Its remains do not rise above the ground except for one meter. The (Akitu House) building was built with mud bricks in the middle of fields and orchards. That is why the Babylonians called it (Akitu House), the house for parties, occasions, and banquets. It seems that the time of construction of this building dates back to the Seleucid era due to the lack of traces or printed bricks from the Babylonian era. (Saleh, 1987)

9) Tell Al-Ajz
It is located in Al-Muthanna Governorate, 35 km northeast of Samawah City and 19 km east of Al-Rumaitha District, within the administrative borders between Al-Najm District and Al-Wurka District. Its archaeological value was announced in the Iraqi Gazette in sequence (1465) on 10/17/1935. It is the first site excavated by the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage in Al-Muthanna Governorate. The mission was formed in late August 2008, and work began on 9/5/2008. Work continued for three excavation seasons. These archaeological excavations revealed mass graves built of bricks as underground tunnels of different sizes dating back to the Parthian and Seleucid eras. They provided valuable information about the burial method, its rituals, and the methods of building graves. (Shalgham, 2008: 8)

10) Tulul Al-Afar (Ain Sayd)
This hill is located in Al-Khidr District within the province of 4) Ain Sayd and the mound is circular with dimensions (of 150×300 m) and an approximate height of (1.5 m). Pottery fragments dating back to the Sassanian era 236 AD are scattered on the mound’s surface (Baqir, 1973: 177).

11) Tulul Al-Azzam
A group of archaeological mounds spread in District 45 of the Hijama lands, located southeast of the Daraji district. The nearest village to it is the village of Al-Azzam, named after this village. The archaeological mounds in this site contain several civilized floors. The first floor shows pottery fragments, archaeological remains, and some bricks dating back to the Parthian period (126 BC – 226 AD). It is the largest mound spread in this district. It is a large city surrounded by a wall with towers at its four corners. The site dimensions are (1200×700 m). On the top of the mound, there are visible traces of walls built of bricks measuring (30×20 m) and with a depth of (5 m). (Al-Rishawi, 2007: 41)

12) Tulul al-Hamr
Tulul al-Hamr is located within the districts of al-Daraji and al-Khidr (53) al-Hijama al-Gharbiya and (4) Ain Sayd. It is a series of archaeological mounds spread across these two districts at different distances, most of which contain different civilizational roles, the most prominent of which is the Sassanian role (226 AD) in the first layers of the mounds. These two roles were distinguished by the broken pottery scattered on the surface. Most of the mounds in this series were exposed to excavation operations from illegal excavations in 1991 AD, and some excavations were made on the mound’s surface. These operations revealed broken pottery dating back to the Old Babylonian era (1595 BC) and the Middle Babylonian era (1159 BC). The series consists of 8 mounds. (Saleh, 1987)