Historical place profile

Tell Amarna

An ancient settlement, located just to the north of the modern village of ‘Amārinah (Jarabulus District, Aleppo Govenorate, Syria). Archaeological evidence at the site dates from the 6th millennium BCE to the early Byzantine period.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:658615
Catalogue ID
pleiades:658615
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
36.745580, 38.012951
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement, located just to the north of the modern village of ‘Amārinah (Jarabulus District, Aleppo Govenorate, Syria). Archaeological evidence at the site dates from the 6th millennium BCE to the early Byzantine period.

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 67 G3 Tell Amarna

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Research path

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