Alternative name | Sherif Khan |
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Location | Ninawa Governorate, Iraq |
Coordinates | 36°24′54″N 43°07′11″E / 36.41500°N 43.11972°E |
Type | settlement |
History | |
Founded | 2rd millennium BC |
Periods | Bronze Age, Iron Age |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1850, 1852 |
Archaeologists | Austen Henry Layard, Sir Henry Rawlinson |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
Tarbiṣu (modern Sherif Khan, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient city about 3 miles north of Nineveh.