Qattara/Karana (?) | |
  Shown within Iraq | |
| Location | Nineveh Province, Iraq |
|---|---|
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 36°15′25.51″N 42°26′57.61″E / 36.2570861°N 42.4493361°E |
| Type | tell |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1964–1971 |
| Archaeologists | D. Oates, Theresa Howard Carter |
Tell al-Rimah (also Tell ar-Rimah) is an archaeological settlement mound, in Nineveh Province (Iraq) roughly 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mosul and ancient Nineveh in the Sinjar region. It lies 15 kilometers south of the site of Tal Afar.
It has been proposed that its ancient name in the 2nd Millennium BC was Karana or Qattara or Razama. Karana and Qattara were very close together and thought to be part of a small kingdom.[1] It has also been suggested that the site's name in the 1st Millennium BC was Zamaḫâ. It is near the circular walled similar archaeological sites of Tell Hadheil, a large Early Dynastic site with Old Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian occupation, and Tell Huweish. Tell Hamira, known earlier as Tell Abu Hamira, is 16 kilometers to the east and has also been suggested as the site of Karana.
Currently, archaeology leans toward Qattara as the ancient name of Tell Al-Rimah.[2]