Historical place profile
Tell Hammam al-Turkmen
Tell Hammam al-Turkmen is an ancient settlement mound or tell located on the left bank of the Balikh river, approximately 80 km north of Raqqa, Syria. The tell has a diameter of 500 meters and stands 45 meters tall.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:874741
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:874741
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement, tell
- Coordinates
- 36.482538, 39.056949
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tell Hammam al-Turkmen is an ancient settlement mound or tell located on the left bank of the Balikh river, approximately 80 km north of Raqqa, Syria. The tell has a diameter of 500 meters and stands 45 meters tall.
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 B4 Tell Hammam al-Turkmen
Source and reuse
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Research path
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