Editing Kish (Sumer) (section)

===Tell H===
[[File:3-D reconstruction of Tell H, SP-2 by OceanOwll.png|thumb|left|3-D reconstruction of Tell H, SP-2 by OceanOwll]]
In the 1923–1933 Expedition, Tell H became the focus of its final three seasons (1930–1933). For personal reasons of the excavators, the Kish material in this section remained selective, mainly yielding Sasanian pottery, coins, incantation bowls and so on.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Langdon1933" /> The dating of this section crossed a range of periods, with layer upon layer built on the site. Evidence shows that in the Early Dynastic III Period, there once even existed a twin city.<ref name=":3" /> Therefore, the city occupies a relatively unsettled presence in chronology. But from the excavation, eight buildings were identified as from the Sasanian period, thus making this place primarily identified as the Sasanian Settlement. Researchers suspect that some of the buildings might function together as a complex serving different purposes, including royal residence, storage, and administration.<ref name=":4" />
[[File:3-D reconstruction of Tell H, SP-3 by OceanOwll.png|thumb|right|3-D reconstruction of Tell H, SP-3 by OceanOwll]]
The most prominent finding is the [[stucco]] decoration in the first two buildings, while the 1923–1933 team also figured out the floor plan and architectural structure of others. It was partly through these stucco decorations that researchers identified the royal resident to be Bahram V (420–438 AD)—Sasanian kings had their distinctive crowns separately, and the unique crown pattern on stucco served as evidence to support this argument. In Kish, which once functioned as a transfer station between Ctesiphon and Hira, Bahram V built palaces for summer entertainment, which explains why one of the buildings has a huge water tank in the middle, probably functioning to cool down the court in summers. Around Bahram V's palaces, a group of Sasanian people also took residence and developed a system of settlement and commercial activities.<ref name=":4" />