Historical place profile
Tell Abu Dhahir
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:874722
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:874722
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.836683, 42.486373
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
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 Tell Abu Dhahir
Source and reuse
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