Editing Kish (Sumer) (section)

===Mound A===
Mound A, which includes a cemetery and an Early Dynastic III palace, was discovered during 1922–1925 excavations conducted by Ernest Mackay, under the Field Museum and Oxford University.<ref name=":9">[https://archive.org/download/reportonexcavati11mack/reportonexcavati11mack.pdf] E. Mackay, "Report on the excavation of the 'A' Cemetery at Kish, Mesopotamia: Part I." Anthropology, Memoirs, vol. 1, no. 1, Chicago: Field Museum, 1925</ref><ref name="Zaina2020" /> Although it was earlier a part of the Ingharra mounds lying about 70 meters to the north, it is now separated by an alluvial valley. The seals and other artifacts found in the graves, dating back to a later age than the palace, show that the site was used as a cemetery from the end of the Early Dynastic period until the early Akkadian Empire period.<ref>Torres-Rouff, Christina, William J. Pestle, and Blair M. Daverman, "Commemorating Bodies and Lives at Kish’s ‘A Cemetery’: (Re)presenting So-cial Memory", ''Journal of Social Archaeology'', 12, pp. 193–219, 2012</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref>Whelan, E., "Dating the A Cemetery at kish: A reconsideration", ''JFA'' 5, pp. 79–96, 1978</ref><ref>Hrouda, B. and karstens, k., "Zur inneren Chronologie des Friedhofes „ A „ .... bei kig", ''Zeitschrift für Assyriologie undvorderasiatische Archäologie'' 24, pp. 256–267, 1966</ref><ref>Breniquet, C., "Le cimetière 'A' de kish. Essai d 'interprétation", ''Iraq'' 46, pp. 19–28, 1984</ref>
====The Sumerian Palace====
The palace, which was unearthed beneath the mound, had fallen into decay and was used as a burial ground during Early Dynastic III. It comprises three sections – the original building, the eastern wing and stairway, and the annex. The original building, which was composed of unbaked plano-convex bricks (23 × 15 × 3.5–6&nbsp;cm), had extremely thick walls, while the annex, which was added later to the south of the building, had comparatively thinner walls. A 2.30 m wide passage was constructed within the outer wall of the original building to prevent invaders from entering the structure.<ref name=":10">[https://archive.org/download/sumerianpalaceac12mack/sumerianpalaceac12mack.pdf] E. Mackay, "A Sumerian Palace and the "A" Cemetery: Part 2", Anthropology Memoirs, vol. 1, no. 2, Chicago: Field Museum, 1929</ref>

The archaeological findings within the palace lack pottery items, the most remarkable among them was a fragment of slate and limestone inlay work, which represents the scene of a king punishing a prisoner.<ref name=":10" />
[[File:3-D reconstruction of Sumerian Palace (Mound A) (View 2).png|thumb|left|3-D reconstruction of Sumerian Palace (Mound A) by Pahuna/ Pahuna99]]
[[File:3-D reconstruction of Sumerian Palace (Mound A) (View 1).png|thumb|right|3-D reconstruction of Sumerian Palace (Mound A) by Pahuna/ Pahuna99]]