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Tall Mūzān

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: B. Siewert-Mayer, W. Röllig, H. Kopp

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Aug 30, 2018 05:15 PM — History

Urkesh or Urkish (the modern Tell Mozan) is a tell located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains of northeastern Syria. Hurrians founded the site during the fourth millennium B.C.

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Canonical URI for this page:
http://3.22.44.247/places/260976011

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0578401483, 40.9977581282

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Urkesh (Tell Mozan) (10000 BC - 2350 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tall Mūzān (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 1600 BC)
- Urkiš (Akkadian, 1750 BC - 1450 BC)

Tall Mūzān makes connections with:

None

Tall Mūzān receives connections from:

Palace of Tupkish part of (administrative) Tall Mūzān (2335 BC - 1600 BC)

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Urkesh

Citation:

TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1625)

Initial Provenance:
TAVO Index

Details:

GANE OBJECT 59791

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Suggested citation:
B. Siewert-Mayer, W. Röllig, H. Kopp, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Tall Mūzān: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <http://3.22.44.247/places/260976011> [accessed: 05 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=http://3.22.44.247/places/260976011 |title=Places: 260976011 (Tall Mūzān) |author=Siewert-Mayer, B., W. Röllig, H. Kopp |accessdate=July 5, 2025 1:47 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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