Tell Mohammed Diyab
Tell Moh. Diyab · Tell Mohammed Diyab (Hasaka)
Halaf to Islamic (c.5900 BCE–1200 CE)·Halaf-Ubaid → Ninevite 5 → Mitanni → Assyrian·🇸🇾 Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur, Syria
About
About Tell Mohammed Diyab
Jazira tell (8 ha, 12 m high) on the Jaghjagh, French excavations by Jean-Marie Castel. Sequence Ninevite 5 to Islamic with Halaf-Ubaid painted levels, Ninevite 5 monumental building and Mitanni–Middle Assyrian town with tablets.
Why it mattersKey Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur sequence for Halaf to Islamic (c.5900 BCE–1200 CE); upper khabur village to mitanni town on jaghjagh–euphrates road.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tell Mohammed Diyab 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
- Halaf c.5900 BCE
- Period
- Halaf to Islamic (c.5900 BCE–1200 CE)
- Culture
- Halaf-Ubaid → Ninevite 5 → Mitanni → Assyrian
- Builders
- Halaf-Ubaid communities
- Purpose
- Upper Khabur village to Mitanni town on Jaghjagh–Euphrates road
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
36.9200° N · 41.1800° E · 385 m · 2 mapped features
Halaf tholos houses
structureDomed Halaf houses with painted bukrania
36.9202° N · 41.1803° EMitanni town and tablets
structureMitanni–Assyrian town with cuneiform archive
36.9198° N · 41.1797° E