Iraq: Votive Statue of a worshipper from the Nintu temple at Khafajah, c. 2500 BCE. Khafajah/Khafaje is an archaeological site in Iraq lying on the Diyala River, part of the city-state of Eshnunna. It was occupied during the Early Dynastic Period, through the Sargonid Period, then came under the control of Eshnunna after the fall of the Ur III Empire. Later, after Eshnunna was captured by Babylon, a fort was built at the site by Samsu-iluna of the First Babylonian Dynasty and named Dur-Samsuiluna.