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🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarran Mound and Fortified Village

Hassuna–Samarran, Ubaid (6000–4800 BCE) · Samarra culture

Type mound for Samarran culture immediately south of Samarra on cliff overlooking Tigris floodplain, excavated by al-Adhami and Yasin (1964–69).