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Large House at Assur

Sumerian Civilization, double courtyard house, constructed c. 3600 B.C.E.(?); located in Assur, capital of the Assyrian Empires, in Mesopotamia, near present day Al-Shirqat, Iraq.

Materials: sun-dried earth (adobe) bricks covered with kiln-fired glased bricks laid in natural occurring bitumen, wood beams and columns.

Source of data for this model:
1. Internet sources
2. Preusser, 1954

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