Urkesh
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Urkesh, also transliterated Urkish (Akkadian: 𒌨𒆧𒆠 UR.KIŠKI, 𒌨𒋙𒀭𒄲𒆠 UR.KEŠ3KI; modern Tell Mozan; ), is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC, possibly by the Hurrians, on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries. The city god of Urkesh was Kumarbi, father of Teshup.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Urkesh
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Mozan
- Ancient site.image
- Tell Mozan 1.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View of Tell Mozan from the north.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria#Near East
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
- Ancient site.region
- Taurus Mountains
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- 4th millennium BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 1350 BC
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1984-2010
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Max Mallowan, Giorgio Buccellati, Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
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- Image
- Tell Mozan 1.jpg
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- Tell Mozan
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15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Early Bronze IVA
- Akkadian period
- Middle Bronze IIA
- Zimri-Lim of Mari
- Late Bronze II
- Mitanni period
- Archaeology
- Syrian Civil War 2015-present
- Kings of Urkesh
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Urkesh, also transliterated Urkish (Akkadian: 𒌨𒆧𒆠 UR.KIŠKI, 𒌨𒋙𒀭𒄲𒆠 UR.KEŠ3KI; modern Tell Mozan; ), is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC, possibly by the Hurrians, on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries. The city god of Urkesh was Kumarbi, father of Teshup.
==Geography== thumb|400px|Map of the Khabur Basin during the Bronze Age showing the location of Tell Mozan and Tell Brak.
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