TELL TAYA

Tell Taya shown within Iraq

Location : Nineveh Province, Iraq

Region : Mesopotamia

Coordinates : 36°19'57.34 N 42°29'37.36 E

Type : tell

Area : 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)

Site notes :

Excavation dates : 1967–1969, 1972–1973

Archaeologists : J.E. Reade

Tell Taya is an archaeological site at a tell (hill city) in Nineveh Province (Iraq). It was occupied from the third to the first millennia BCE.

History of archaeological research :

The site was first recorded by Seton Lloyd in 1938 during his survey of the region. Tell Taya was excavated by a team from the British School of Archaeology in Iraq led by J. E. Reade in 1967–1969 and 1972–1973. Numerous stone structures were investigated, and pottery, along with a few tablets and cylinder seals, were recovered in the 9 layers. One of the cyclider seals was quite unusual, containing only cuneiform writing which has not yet been deciphered.

Tell Taya and its environment :

Tell Taya lies about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Mosul and Nineveh. The location controls a formerly rich agricultural area and an important trade route. It covers about 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) and the central tell is around 9 metres (30 ft) high.

Occupation history :

The site was heavily occupied on and off during the second half of the 3rd millennium, with some re-use in the Old Babylonian period and the Neo-Assyrian period. There is some evidence of Early Dynastic occupation, but major building at Tell Taya began around the time that the Akkadian Empire emerges.

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Tell_Taya