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Tell Khamis
Halaf–Early Bronze Age (c.5600–2300 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → EBA Syro-Mesopotamian
Interfluve tell 9 m high (Halaf–Ubaid–EB, shaft tombs, black-burnished ware) between Euphrates and Sajur.
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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Halaf–Early Bronze Age (c.5600–2300 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → EBA Syro-Mesopotamian
Interfluve tell 9 m high (Halaf–Ubaid–EB, shaft tombs, black-burnished ware) between Euphrates and Sajur.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Jazira I–V (3100–2100 BCE) · Early Jazira Hurrian precursor → Akkadian
EJ II Nabada planned insula 2420 BCE — tablet sealings & kiln quarter (Lebeau).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8700–7500 BCE; phases I–III) · PPNB Levantine (Ghuta facies)
PPNB Ghuta village 8700 BCE — plastered skulls & earliest barley (Stordeur).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB South Levantine (Ghouta)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB South Levantine (Ghouta) tell at Damascus Basin, Ghouta fringe – eb walled town on damascus oasis fringe (dims Mound 8 ha, wall 8 m thick).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EBA I to Old Syrian (3500–1600 BCE; peak Eblaite Palace G 2400 BCE) · EBA Eblaite → Eblaite Syrian → Old Syrian (Yamhad)
Eblaite capital lower town 2400 BCE — 17k tablets south quarter & Temple of Rock.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Iron Age (3500–600 BCE; peak MBA–Neo-Assyrian) · Uruk → EBA → Middle Assyrian → Neo-Assyrian Aramean (Bit-Adini)
Burmarina Neo-Assyrian tablet town 725 BCE — MBA to cremation cemetery.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Halaf late to Ubaid 4 (5200–3700 BCE; peak Ubaid 3 4500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid (Khabur facies)
Ubaid tripartite houses 4800 BCE — most intact Halaf-Ubaid transition cluster.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III – Iron II (to Late Roman) · Amorite/Aramaean – Luwian
Idlib plain fortified tell (2500–550 BCE) with 30-season Japanese excavation sequence.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early–Middle Bronze Age (c.2700–1600 BCE) · Syrian EBA–MBA (Qatna–Qadesh sphere)
Homs hinterland EB–MB tell 9 m high (MB glacis, Qatna corridor satellite) east of Qadesh.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Halaf–Early Dynastic (c.5700–2500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Ninevite 5
Jaghjagh tell 10 m high (Halaf–ED, Ninevite 5 silos) north of Tell Hawa.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (c.4000–600 BCE; peak Late Bronze Kadesh kingdom 1500–1200) · Chalcolithic → EB → Mittani → Hittite vassal → Assyrian
Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) on Orontes is the Late Bronze city of the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) — largest chariot battle (Hittite Muwatalli II vs Egyptian Ramesse...
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Early Dynastic to Late 3rd Millennium, c.3000–2200 BCE · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Khabur)
Kleine Antentempel and Steinbau 1 high terrace at Tell Chuera (ancient Harran? c.3000–2200 BCE, Early Dynastic).
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Early Bronze to Iron (3000–500 BCE) · Northwest Syrian (Ebla-Mari-Amuq)
Orontes survey and Dornemann 1983–99 deep sounding revealing 5000 years without hiatus to Early Bronze.
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Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr (c.3500–3000 BCE) · South Mesopotamian Uruk colonial
Classic Late Uruk colony (c.3500–3000 BCE) on the Euphrates, 18 ha walled town with tripartite temples, administrative t...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Amorite–Mitanni
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) tell of Amorite–Mitanni in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Middle Euphrates (c.2000 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B through Late Bronze (7550–1200 BCE) four mounds · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → Middle Assyrian
Tell Sabi Abyad (Balikh Valley Neolithic Mound Cluster) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh River valley, Tell Abyad District, Syria — Four-mound Neolithic village…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ninevite 5 (3200–3000 BCE) · Ninevite 5 (Uruk–ED)
Ninevite 5 (3200–3000 BCE) tell of Ninevite 5 (Uruk–ED) in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle (c.3200 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, Mitanni, Neo-Hittite, Neo-Assyrian) · Hurrian-Mitanni → Neo-Hittite Aramaean → Assyrian province
Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates River, Jarabulus District, east bank, Syria — Neo-Hittite/Aramaean royal…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Middle Bronze through Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Hurrian Mitanni → Aramaean Guzana → Neo-Assyrian
Tell Fekheriye (Guzana / Sikani) — Bilingual Statue Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur source, Ras al-Ain District, Syria — Aramaean city-state Guzana…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic III through Mitanni (2900–1300 BCE) · Early Dynastic (Nabada) → Akkadian → Ur III → Old Babylonian → Mitanni
Tell Beydar (Nabada) — Eastern Palace Sector is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur headwaters, Darbasiyah plain, Syria — Early Dynastic city-state Nabada — eastern…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Dur-Katlimmu Buried Middle Assyrian House Archive in Al-Hasakah, Dur-Katlimmu, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB IV desert New Town (2400–2000 BCE) · Eblaic-Early Bronze steppe urban experiment
Tell al-Rawda in Hama Governorate, Syrian steppe, Rawda plain, Syria is a EB IV desert New Town (2400–2000 BCE) settlement attributed to Eblaic-Early Bronze steppe urban experiment culture.
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Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE)
Tell Zaidan (Zaidan) in Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Balikh Valley, near Raqqa, Syria is a Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE) settlement attributed to Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic…
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EB → MBA → LBA → Iron (3000–700 BCE) · Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite → Neo-Hittite Tunip
Tell Asharna in Hama Governorate, Orontes Valley, Asharna plain, Syria is a EB → MBA → LBA → Iron (3000–700 BCE) settlement attributed to Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite → Neo-Hittite Tunip culture.