Nuzi (English spelling)

Japanese: ヌジ（英語表記）Nuzi

An archaeological site located about 16 km southwest of Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq. Its current name is Yorghan Tepe. However, the area was called Nuzi in the 15th to 12th centuries BC, and in the latter half of the 3rd millennium BC it was called Gasur. Excavations were carried out between 1925 and 1931, mainly by American archaeologists, and several thousand clay tablets written in Akkadian mixed with Hurrian were unearthed. During the time when these documents were left (15th century BC), Nuzi was a city in the Kingdom of Arapha, under the control of the Kingdom of Mitanni, and had a considerable Hurrian population.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イラク北東部，キルクークの南西約16kmにある遺跡。現在名ヨルガン･テペYorghan Tepe。ただしこの地がヌジと呼ばれたのは前15～前12世紀のことで，前3千年紀後葉にはガスールGasurと呼ばれていた。1925‐31年，おもにアメリカの考古学者により発掘され，数千枚のフルリ語混じりのアッカド語で書かれた粘土板文書が出土した。これらの文書を残した時代(前15世紀)のヌジはアラプハ王国の一都市で，ミタンニ王国の支配下にあり，かなりのフルリ人人口を擁していた。

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