Tell Tuqan
Tell Touqan · Tuqan · Tell Toqaan
EB IV to MB II (c.2500–1700 BCE)·Eblaite → Amorite → Old Babylonian·🇸🇾 Aleppo Governorate, Northwestern Syria, Syria
About
About Tell Tuqan
28 ha Ebla-period town on the Matakh plain south of Aleppo, Italian excavations by Francesca Baffi. EB IV–MB II (c.2500–1700 BCE) double enclosure with massive rampart, Ebla-related Royal Palace G-style administrative building with cuneiform fragments, and MB Amorite glacis.
Why it mattersKey Aleppo Governorate, Northwestern Syria sequence for EB IV to MB II (c.2500–1700 BCE); secondary centre of ebla kingdom controlling matakh plain.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tell Tuqan relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Aleppo 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
- EB IVA c.2500 BCE
- Period
- EB IV to MB II (c.2500–1700 BCE)
- Culture
- Eblaite → Amorite → Old Babylonian
- Builders
- Eblaite communities
- Purpose
- Secondary centre of Ebla kingdom controlling Matakh plain
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
35.7900° N · 36.9600° E · 320 m · 2 mapped features
EB IV rampart and palace
fortificationDouble enclosure with Ebla-style administrative building
35.7902° N · 36.9603° EMB glacis renewal
fortificationAmorite glacis reinforcing EB rampart
35.7898° N · 36.9597° E