Tell Fray

Tell Fray

Shown within Syria
Alternative name	Yakharisha or Shaparu
Location	Syria
Region	Raqqa Governorate
Coordinates	35°54′13″N 38°23′03″E / 35.903545°N 38.384198°E / 35.903545; 38.384198
Type	tell
History
Periods	Late Bronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates	1972–1973
Archaeologists	Adnan Bounni, Paolo Matthiae
Condition	flooded by Lake Assad
Public access	no

Tell Fray is a tell, or settlement mound, on the east bank of the Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria. The archaeological site takes its name from an ancient irrigation canal, hence 'Fray' or 'Little Euphrates'.^[1] It was part of a rescue excavation project for sites to be submerged by the creation of Lake Assad by the Tabqa Dam.