Tall Mūzān

settlement · 10000 BC – 1450 BC

Urkesh or Urkish (the modern Tell Mozan) is a tell located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains of northeastern Syria. Hurrians founded the site during the fourth millennium B.C.

Coordinates

37.05784, 40.99776

Also known as

Tall Mūzān, Tall Muzan, Tell Muzan, Tall Mozan, Tell Mozan (arb), Urkiš (akk), Urkiš, Urkish, Urkesh (akk), 𒌨𒆧𒆠 (xsux)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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