Tell al-Fakhar

Tell al-Fakhar
تل الفخار
Tell al-Fakhar is located in Iraq
Tell al-Fakhar
Shown within Iraq
Tell al-Fakhar is located in Near East
Tell al-Fakhar
Tell al-Fakhar (Near East)
LocationIraq, Iraq
RegionKirkuk Governorate
Coordinates35°22′51.6″N 43°58′40.8″E / 35.381000°N 43.978000°E / 35.381000; 43.978000
Typetell
Length200 metre
Width135 metre
Height4.5 metre
Site notes
Excavation dates1967–1968; 1969
ArchaeologistsYasin Mahmoud al-Khalesi

Tell al-Fakhar (Arabic: تل الفخار, romanizedTell al-Faḫḫar, lit.'Pottery Mound') is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, 45 kilometers southwest of the modern city of Kirkuk in Kirkuk Governorate, northeastern Iraq. Excavations revealed two occupation phases that were dated to the Mitanni/Kassite and Neo-Assyrian periods, or mid-second and early-first millennia BCE. The mid-second millennium phase consisted of a large building, dubbed the "Green Palace", where an archive of circa 800 clay tablets was found. It has been suggested that the site's name was Kurruḫanni but later researchers have called this into question.[1][2]

  1. ^ Koliński, "Tell al-Fakhar: A dimtu-Settlement or the City of Kurruhanni?", Pp. 3–40 in Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 12, ed. D. I. Owen & G. Wilhelm. Bethesda, MD: CDL, 2002
  2. ^ von Dassow, Eva, "Mittani and Its Empire", The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume III: From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC, pp. 455-528, 2022