Pashime

Pašime, (also Bašime and Mišime) (𒁀𒋛𒈨𒆠 ba-si-meKI), was an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.

[7] Pašime is known in texts from the Ur III period when it was one of the military garrisons the empire maintained.

[8][9] During the reign of Ur III ruler Shu-Sin (c. 2037–2028 BC) it is known that the military governor of Pašime was Arad-Nanna.

The site was damaged by military emplacements during the Iran-Iraq war and some Islamic period graves are to be found at the surface level.

The site was excavated in 2007 by a team from The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage led by A. Mohammad and H.A.

A number of terracotta figurines of animals, nude females, and "molded bed fragments show couples in a sexual attitude" were found.

"[2] A gray and white alabaster stele was discovered in Area A of Tell Abu Sheeja, inscribed in Old Akkadian, with the name of a Ilšu-rabi, who has the same name as Ilšu-rabi the Governor of Pašime in the Manishtushu Obelisk inscription and is thought to possibly be a son of Manishtushu, third ruler of the Akkadian Empire.

[17] The inscription on the stele reads: "For the God Šuda, Ilsu-rabi of Pašime, the soldier, brought in this statue.

The name of Pašime ( 𒁀𒋛𒈨𒆠 ba-si-me KI ) on the stele of Ilšu-rabi
Inscribed door-socket from the Temple of Šuda at Tell Abu Sheeja, Iraq. Ur III period, 21 century BC. Iraq Museum
Stele of Ilšu-rabi from Tell Abu Sheeja, Akkadian, Iraq. Iraq Museum