Draft:Palgum

A palgum (plural palga, palgū, or palgī) was an irrigation canal used in ancient Babylon and other Mesopotamian civilizations to irrigate fields,^[1] usually used with the Archimedes' screw.^[2] The name comes from the Akkadian words for canal.^[3] A canal would connect a river, usually either the Tigris or the Euphrates, to a city, giving water to the city for irrigation and drinking.^[4] A wall at the entrance to the fields could be raised or lowered, to allow for control of the water. There would be a large matrix of canals, so as to provide water wherever needed.^[5] They may have been used in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.^[2] The system of canals was undergoing excavation in 1998,^[6] and parts of the system near Eridu were mapped in 2025.^[7][8]

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• Comment: Sources are failing verification; adding page numbers to your sources using the {{rp}} template would be useful; so far I have checked two of the sources I've been able to access ("West Asia in the Center" and "The Sumerian World"), the former doesn't seem to discuss irrigation at all, and while the latter has plenty of discussion about irrigation, the term "Palgum" (and variations) does not seem to appear a single time in that text; be mindful of original research and synthesis. Athanelar (talk) 13:27, 22 April 2026 (UTC)