Khafajah

Khafajah
Tutub
Khafajah is located in Iraq
Khafajah
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameKhafaje
LocationDiyala Governorate, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates33°21′16.83″N 44°33′20.71″E / 33.3546750°N 44.5557528°E / 33.3546750; 44.5557528
Typetell
History
PeriodsUruk, Jemdet Nasr, Early Dynastic, Akkadian, Isin-Larsa
Site notes
Excavation dates1930-1938
ArchaeologistsHenri Frankfort, Thorkild Jacobsen, Pinhas Delougaz

Khafajah or Khafaje (Arabic: خفاجة), ancient Tutub, is an archaeological site in Diyala Governorate, Iraq 7 miles (11 km) east of Baghdad. Khafajah lies on the Diyala River, a tributary of the Tigris. Occupied from the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods through the end of the Old Babylonian Empire, it was under the control of the Akkadian Empire and then the Third Dynasty of Ur in the 3rd millennium BC. It then became part of the empire of the city-state of Eshnunna lying 12 miles (19 km) southwest of that city, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the ancient city of Shaduppum, and near Tell Ishchali, both which Eshnunna also controlled. It then fell to Babylonia before falling into disuse.