The focus of the 2018 and 2019 excavations at Bassetki was on investigating the beginnings of the city in the Ninevite 5 period, its importance in the Akkadian and Old Babylonian periods, and its function as a governor’s seat in Middle Assyrian times. Thus, the main stages of the urban development of Maridaban/Mardaman/Mardama can be traced, which are also documented textually.
Pfälzner et al. (Mon,) studied this question.