Historical place profile
Grai Darki
Tell Grai Darki was the site of a Hellenistic and Roman settlement. The site is located approximately 2 km north of Tell Deir Situn. John Curtis conducted excavations here as part of the Saddam Dam Salvage Project.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:874489
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:874489
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.702445, 42.959707
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tell Grai Darki was the site of a Hellenistic and Roman settlement. The site is located approximately 2 km north of Tell Deir Situn. John Curtis conducted excavations here as part of the Saddam Dam Salvage Project.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 E4 Grai Darki
Source and reuse
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Research path
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