Tell Halawa (Tell Halawa A/B)

Tell Halawa (Tell Halawa A/B) in Raqqa Governorate, Lake Assad, Syria is a Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) tell of Early Dynastic–Akkadian tradition. Tabqa double mound bridging Habuba Kabira–Ebla corridor. 2600 BCE, the site forms a stratified mound/karst twin tells a 200×150 m & b 180×140 m, ebla–akkad town. Excavations since the mid-20th c. expose mudbrick with early dynastic red-black burnished, akkadian administrative building architecture with diagnostic ceramics, lithics and administrative finds.

Archaeobotany and radiocarbon anchor the sequence, informing regional Early Dynastic–Akkadian networks across the Raqqa Governorate. Threats include reservoir flooding, conflict, erosion; research continues on Early Dynastic–Akkadian chronology.