Location | Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
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Region | Mesopotamia |
Coordinates | 36°33′46″N 42°32′8″E / 36.56278°N 42.53556°E |
Type | tell, archaeological site |
Length | 100 metre |
Width | 60 metre |
Height | 7 metre |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic, Ubaid period, Uruk period |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1956; 1964; 1957; 1976 |
Archaeologists | N. Egami, S. Fukai |
Telul eth-Thalathat is an archaeological site located 40 miles (64 km) west of Mosul and just east of Tal Afar in Nineveh Province ( Iraq).
The site consists of at least five separate tells or settlement mounds. Telul eth-Thalathat was excavated for four seasons between 1956 and 1965 and again in 1976 by a team from the University of Tokyo Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition. The main focus was to establish a complete Ninevite 5 sequence at Tell V. The first two seasons, in 1956 and 1957, were led by N. Egami and worked at Tell II. Burials, residential areas, and a presumed temple were uncovered. [1] [2] The final season was led by S. Fukai. [3] [4] [5] Among the small finds was a small square stamp seal with two human figures dated to the late 4th or early 5th millennium BC. [6]
Telul eth-Thalathat was occupied in the Ubaid, Nineveh 5, and Uruk periods, as well as during Middle Assyrian times. Excavations have revealed over 20 kilns and a number of burials, as well as some figurines and spindle whorls. [7] Eleven Neolithic clay tokens were also recovered. [8] On Tell V a single period Ninevite 5 settlement was found. It included a 6 by 18 meter building interpreted as a granary. [9] Tell II showed occupation from the Pottery Neolithic to Middle Uruk periods. [10]
Location | Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
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Region | Mesopotamia |
Coordinates | 36°33′46″N 42°32′8″E / 36.56278°N 42.53556°E |
Type | tell, archaeological site |
Length | 100 metre |
Width | 60 metre |
Height | 7 metre |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic, Ubaid period, Uruk period |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1956; 1964; 1957; 1976 |
Archaeologists | N. Egami, S. Fukai |
Telul eth-Thalathat is an archaeological site located 40 miles (64 km) west of Mosul and just east of Tal Afar in Nineveh Province ( Iraq).
The site consists of at least five separate tells or settlement mounds. Telul eth-Thalathat was excavated for four seasons between 1956 and 1965 and again in 1976 by a team from the University of Tokyo Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition. The main focus was to establish a complete Ninevite 5 sequence at Tell V. The first two seasons, in 1956 and 1957, were led by N. Egami and worked at Tell II. Burials, residential areas, and a presumed temple were uncovered. [1] [2] The final season was led by S. Fukai. [3] [4] [5] Among the small finds was a small square stamp seal with two human figures dated to the late 4th or early 5th millennium BC. [6]
Telul eth-Thalathat was occupied in the Ubaid, Nineveh 5, and Uruk periods, as well as during Middle Assyrian times. Excavations have revealed over 20 kilns and a number of burials, as well as some figurines and spindle whorls. [7] Eleven Neolithic clay tokens were also recovered. [8] On Tell V a single period Ninevite 5 settlement was found. It included a 6 by 18 meter building interpreted as a granary. [9] Tell II showed occupation from the Pottery Neolithic to Middle Uruk periods. [10]