🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Yumuktepe — Mersin Mound
Neolithic to Byzantine (7000 BCE+) · Neolithic to Roman
Yumuktepe — Mersin Mound in Mersin Province, Cilicia, Turkey is a Neolithic to Byzantine (7000 BCE+) tell attributed to Neolithic to Roman culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mardikh (Ebla)
Bronze Age · Mesopotamian
Ebla Bronze Age palace mound 60 ha tell, Royal Palace G (2400 BCE) 16,000 cuneiform tablets, Upper town acropolis.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village
Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) · Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village in Gujarat, India is a Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Arbid — Khabur Ware Acropolis
Early Bronze to Mitanni (2500–1300 BCE) · Hurrian / Mitanni (Khabur Ware)
Khabur tell excavated by Polish-Syrian 1936 and Bieliński 1996–, Khabur Ware pottery hallmark and equid figurines.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
Neo-Assyrian (9th c. BCE bilingual: Assyrian/Aramaic) · Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian
Head of Khabur tell excavated by Moortgat 1955–56 and recent Syrian, statue bilingual published 1982.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Bagh Azari — Urmia Bronze Mound
Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) · Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware
Tepe Bagh Azari — Urmia Bronze Mound in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) tell attributed to Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Larkana cluster)
Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan (Larkana cluster).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell es-Safi — Gath Philistine Acropolis
Early Bronze to Crusader; Philistine peak 1170–830 BCE · Philistine (Gath of Goliath)
Tell es-Safi excavated by Maeir 1996–, Philistine inscription Goliath sherd and Hazael siege system.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Khamis — Euphrates Fortified Hamlet
Late Uruk to Early Bronze (3400–2400 BCE) · Late Uruk / Early Syrian
Bi'a hinterland mound excavated alongside Tuttul project, yielding Uruk contact ceramics and Early Bronze village phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Bala Hisar Kushan Extension — Charsadda East Mound
Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) · Gandhara
Bala Hisar Kushan Extension — Charsadda East Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell el-Burak
MB II (c.2000–1600 BCE) · Canaanite MB II coastal → Phoenician
Small Middle Bronze II fortified town (1.6 ha) on a coastal hill south of Sidon, Lebanese-German excavations by Uwe Fink...
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tell
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound
Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) · Beja–Meroitic
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Beja–Meroitic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Daruk
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.2800–500 BCE) · EB coastal → Middle Bronze Canaanite → Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron
Secondary coastal tell (2800–500 BCE) on Jableh-Baniyas corridor south of Sianu.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Arabid — Khabur Ceramic Production Mound
Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) · Ninevite 5
Tell Arabid — Khabur Ceramic Production Mound in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Ninevite 5.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Pardis
Transitional Chalcolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.5300–3400 BCE) · Cheshmeh Ali → Pardis Transitional Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic
Tehran Plain kiln centre (5300 BCE) with 12 two-chamber updraft kilns producing Cheshmeh Ali ware.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Palace and Temple Terrace
Third to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Khabur excavations by Buccellati 1984–, Hurrian royal archives, stone lions and underworld pit abi.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Umm Dabaghiyah
Pottery Neolithic (c.6000–5800 BCE; single horizon) · Hassuna-related onager-hunting specialized
Onager-hunting camp (6000 BCE) with painted hunt murals and 4,000 onager bones on Hatra steppe.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Iktanu — Jordan Valley
Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) · Canaanite
Tell Iktanu — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite. EB I-III double town with massive stone walls and glacis on valley floor.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Jerablus Tahtani
Ubaid to Early Bronze (c.5000–2200 BCE; EB II centre) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze Euphrates / Carchemish periphery
Euphrates ford town (5000–2200 BCE) with EB II wall 5 km south of Carchemish.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village
PPNB to Early Halaf (8200–5300 BCE) · PPNB → Halaf (Amuq)
Euphrates village excavated by Molist 1991–, key Halaf transition sequence with painted Ubaid sherds.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
Early Bronze (2600–2300 BCE Early Jezireh III) · Early Syrian Kranzhügel
Chuera suburb excavated alongside Steinbau by Meyer, production for 15 ha town.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Surkotada Citadel Sister Mound
Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) · Harappan
Surkotada Citadel Sister Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Twin citadel west of main Surkotada with horse bones debated and fire altar.