Historical place profile
Tell el-'Oueili
Tell el-'Oueili is an archaeological site located in the Dhi Qar Governorate of southern Iraq. Occupation at the site predates the occupation levels of Eridu, making Tell el-'Oueili one of the earliest known human settlements of southern Mesopotamia.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:636257512
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:636257512
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.242913, 45.885440
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tell el-'Oueili is an archaeological site located in the Dhi Qar Governorate of southern Iraq. Occupation at the site predates the occupation levels of Eridu, making Tell el-'Oueili one of the earliest known human settlements of southern Mesopotamia.
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: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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