Tell Barri/[Kahat]
settlement · 4000 BC – 2100 AD
Tell Barri/[Kahat] is an archaeological site located along the Wadi Jaghjagh, a tributary of the Khabur River, in north-eastern Syria's Al-Hasakah Governorate. The ancient name of the site was Kahat. The site is occupied from the later Halaf period (late seventh to early sixth millennium BCE) to the Iron Age (first millennium BCE). The tell is substantial - at least 32 meters in height, covering an area of 37 hectares - and was accompanied by a lower town of some 7 hectares.
![Tell Barri/[Kahat]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tell%20Barri%201.jpg)
- Coordinates
- 36.73880, 41.12704
- Also known as
- Kahat, Kahat, Tall Barri (ar), Tall Barrī (ara), تل بري (ara), تل بري (ar), تل برّي (ara), كحت (ara), كخت (ara), مدينة كحت (ara)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)