Tell Abu Dhahir

settlement · 750 BC – 1999 AD

Tell Abu Dhahir is located on the right bank of the Tigris River, 90 km northwest of Mosul. The British Archaeological Expedition in Iraq conducted excavations there between October 1985 and April 1986, in advance of the completion of the Eski Mosul Dam project. The pluristratified tell documents the remains of numerous cultures, including Hassuna, Ubaid, Uruk, Ninevite V, Akkadian, Khabur, Late Assyrian, and Hellenistic/Parthian phases.

Coordinates

36.83668, 42.48637

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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