Tell Arbid
Tell Arbide · Tell Arbid (Hasaka)
Ninevite 5 to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Akkadian–Mitanni)·Ninevite 5 → Akkadian → Khabur ware → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian·🇸🇾 Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur, Syria
About
About Tell Arbid
Multi-period Jazira tell (12 ha, 15 m high) in the Khabur triangle, Polish-Syrian excavations by Piotr Bieliński. Sequence Ninevite 5 through Akkadian, Khabur ware, Mitanni and Islamic, with Khabur ware cemetery and Mitanni palace fragment.
Why it mattersKey Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur sequence for Ninevite 5 to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Akkadian–Mitanni); jazira agricultural town on wadi khabur tributary.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tell Arbid relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Hasaka Governorate
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- EBA c.3000 BCE
- Period
- Ninevite 5 to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Akkadian–Mitanni)
- Culture
- Ninevite 5 → Akkadian → Khabur ware → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian
- Builders
- Ninevite 5 communities
- Purpose
- Jazira agricultural town on Wadi Khabur tributary
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
36.8700° N · 41.0200° E · 380 m · 2 mapped features
Akkadian terrace
structureMonumental Akkadian terrace with sealings
36.8702° N · 41.0203° EKhabur ware cemetery
cemeteryMB cemetery with painted Khabur vessels
36.8698° N · 41.0197° E