Archaeology
The site of Isin is a low but sizable mound about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) across and with a maximum height of 8 metres (26 ft). Ishan al-Bahriyat was visited by Stephen 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 present). 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.
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