Tell 'Ali

settlement · 1600 BC – 2100 AD

A small site on the left bank of the Lower Zab where an archive of ca. twenty-five Middle Assyrian texts was discovered. The town was situated more or less where travellers from Aššur to the cities Nuzi and Arrapha would have crossed the Lower Zab. Tell 'Ali is identified with ancient Atmannu.

Coordinates
35.38196, 43.68170
Also known as
Atmannu (akk), Tell 'Ali, Tall 'Ali (ar), تل علي (ar)
Dating
attested

Sources

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