Tell al-Wilayah

Tell al-Wilayah
Tell al-Wilayah is located in Iraq
Tell al-Wilayah
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Tell al-Wilayah is located in Near East
Tell al-Wilayah
Tell al-Wilayah (Near East)
LocationWasit Governorate, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates32°18′45″N 45°39′39″E / 32.31250°N 45.66083°E / 32.31250; 45.66083
Typetell
History
PeriodsUbaid period, Uruk period, Early Dynastic period, Akkad period, Ur III period
Site notes
Excavation dates1958, 1999-2000
ArchaeologistsTariq Madhlum

Tell al-Wilayah (also Tell al-Wilaya) is an archaeological site in the Wasit Governorate of eastern Iraq. The site has now been completely destroyed by large scale looting. It is located around 20 km southwest of the modern city of Kut, several kilometers east of Tell Waresh 2, and 6 kilometers southwest of Tulul al-Baqarat. It has been proposed that the tutelary deities of the site were either the god Nergal or a local god Aški, and the goddess Mamma/Mammïtum.[1][2]

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