Alternative name | Tulūl al-Baqarāt |
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Location | Wasit Governorate, Iraq |
Coordinates | 32°20′14.86″N 45°43′17.48″E / 32.3374611°N 45.7215222°E |
Type | settlement |
History | |
Founded | c. 2600 BC |
Abandoned | 600 AD |
Periods | Bronze Age, Iron Age |
Cultures | Early Dynastic, Ur III period, Akkadian Period, Neo-Babylonian Empire |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2008-2021 |
Archaeologists | Carlo Lippoles, Ayad Mahir Mahmud |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
Tulul al-Baqarat or Tulūl al-Baqarāt, is an ancient Near East archaeological site in Wasit Governorate of Iraq about 180 kilometers southeast of modern Baghdad. It is located seven kilometers to the northeast of Tell al-Wilayah (with which it was connected by an ancient canal) and 20 kilometers south of the city of Kut. The site was occupied from the 4th millennium BC to the Islamic period. It is thought to be the site of the ancient Early Dynastic city of Kesh.[1]