page_title: Isin
section_title: History of archaeological research
hierarchical_section_title: Isin / History of archaeological research
caption_attribution_description: עברית: בורות ביזה והרס שבוצעו על ידי עיראקיים באתר הארכאולוגי של איסין בשנת 2003, הבורות הרסו את האתר לחלוטין והסבו לו נזק רב
context_page_description: Isin is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. Excavations have shown that it was an important city-state in the past.
context_section_description: Ishan al-Bahriyat was visited by Stephen Herbert Langdon for a day to conduct a sounding, while he was excavating at Kish in 1924. Most of the major archaeological work at Isin was accomplished in 11 seasons between 1973 and 1989 by a team of German archaeologists led by Barthel Hrouda. However, as was the case at many sites in Iraq, research was interrupted by the Gulf War (1990-1) and the Iraq War (2003 to 2011). Since the end of excavations, extensive looting is reported to have occurred at the site. Even when the German team began their work, the site had already been heavily looted.
caption: Looters at the site of Isin
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