Kesh: apart from being linked to #AbuSalabikh this name has also been proposed for #Ubaid, near #Ur, Tell al-Wilayah, which lies close to #Adab, or perhaps Tell Jidr.

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Adab: today's site of #Bismaya / #Bismya - was between Girsu & Zabalam, with its principal deity being the goddess #Ninhursag, not to be confused with Tell Bismaya.

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هذه قصورهم وهذه قبورهم
These are their palaces, and these are their graves.
Bahlul of Kufa, when Harun al-Rashid asked him for counsel on the road, 8th century. The line is attributed, which is how the adab tradition carries it.
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