SHIBANIBA
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Shibaniba
/ Tell Billa shown within Iraq
Location
: Nineveh Province, Iraq
Region
:
Northern Mesopotamia
Coordinates
: 36°26'N 43°19'E
Type
:
tell
Site
notes :
Excavation
dates : 1850, 1930–1934
Archaeologists
: A.H. Layard, E.A. Speiser, C. Bache
Tell
Billa is an archaeological site near Bashiqa in Nineveh Province
(Iraq). It is the ancient city of Shibaniba, not far from Assur.
History
of archaeological research :
After some minor soundings done by Austen Henry Layard around 1850,
Tell Billa was excavated between 1930 and 1934 by a team from the
University of Pennsylvania and the American Schools of Oriental
Research. The excavation was led by Ephraim Avigdor Speiser with
Charles Bache. The work was complicated by the fact that the mound
was divided up among 18 owners including a Jacobite church.
Tell
Billa and its environment :
The site consists of a large mound and covers around 30 acres (12
ha).
Occupation
history :
There is some evidence of occupation as far back as the Uruk period,
including some Hurrian presence in the middle second millennium.
The majority of excavated material, however, is from the Middle
Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian times, including glyptic and epigraphic
material.
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Shibaniba