Historical place profile
Tell Brak
Tell Brak, located in the Upper Khabur of northeastern Syria, was occupied between the sixth and second millennia BCE. The tell stands ca. 40 m tall and covers ca. 130 hectares.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:874735
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:874735
- Place type
- archaeological-site, fort-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.667158, 41.058545
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tell Brak, located in the Upper Khabur of northeastern Syria, was occupied between the sixth and second millennia BCE. The tell stands ca. 40 m tall and covers ca. 130 hectares.
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 D4 Tell Brak
Source and reuse
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Research path
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