[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu
fort · 3000 BC – 2099 AD
[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu (modern Tell Schech Hamad in Syria) is a multi-period human settlement where occupation began in the Late Chalcolithic period and continued/reoccurred into the Roman period. The Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu (tenth to seventh centuries BCE) was perhaps founded by Shalmaneser I.
![[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SchechHamad%2CII-1.jpg)
- Coordinates
- 35.64487, 40.74249
- Also known as
- Dur-Katlimmu (asyr), Magdalu (arc), Tell Schech Hamad, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Schech Hamad (Tell), Sheikh Hamad (Tell) (ar), تل الشيخ حمد (ar)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)