Cybernetica Mesopotamica – Urkesh Global Record

A12
The ābi
Seasons 12 (1999) - 16 (2003)

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Giorgio Buccellati
Mary Stancavage
with the collaboration of
John Lynch, Ong Kar Khalsa, Laura Ramos
and Jamal Omar

A12 is the area that includes the monumental underground structure that has been interpred as a Hurrian ābi, i.e., a Passage to the Netherworld, where deities were summoned through special rituals.