Tell Arbid

Tell Arbid
Tell Arbid is located in Syria
Tell Arbid
Shown within Syria
LocationAl-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Coordinates36°52′20.51″N 41°1′17.61″E / 36.8723639°N 41.0215583°E / 36.8723639; 41.0215583
Typesettlement
History
Founded3rd millennium BC
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1934-1936, 1996-2010
ArchaeologistsM.E.L. Mallowan, Piotr Bieliński, Ahmad Serriyeh, Rafał Koliński
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Tell Arbid is an ancient Near East archaeological site in the Khabur River Basin region of Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, about 50 kilometers north northeast of modern Al-Hasakah. It is located 45 kilometers south of Tell Mozan, the site of ancient Urkesh and about 15 kilometers from the site of Chagar Bazar. The Halafian site of Tell Arbid Abyad is a short distance away.[1]

  1. ^ Mateiciucová, Inna, "Tell Arbid Abyad: New Late Neolithic Site in the Upper Khabur Basin, NE Syria: A First Preliminary Report", Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Vol. 3, pp. 411-422, 2010