TELUL
ETH-THALATHAT
![](teluleththalathat.jpg)
Telul
eth-Thalathat within Iraq
Location
: Nineveh Province, Iraq
Region
:
Mesopotamia
Coordinates
: 36°34'N 42°32'E
Type
:
tell
Site
notes :
Excavation
dates :
1956–1965, 1976
Archaeologists
:
N. Egami, S. Fukai
Telul
eth-Thalathat is an archaeological site located 40 miles (64 km)
west of Mosul and just east of Tal Afar in Nineveh Province (Iraq).
History
of archaeological research :
![](640px-Pottery_bowl_from_Telul_eth-Thalathat,_Iraq._Ubaid_period,_c._5000_BCE._Iraq_Museum.jpg)
Pottery
bowl from Telul eth-Thalathat, Iraq. Ubaid period, c. 5000 BCE.
Iraq Museum
The site consists of at least five separate tells or settlement
mounds. Telul eth-Thalathat was excavated for four seasons between
1956 and 1965 and again in 1976 by a team from the University of
Tokyo Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition. The early seasons were
led by N. Egami and the final season by S. Fukai.
Occupation
history :
Telul eth-Thalathat was occupied in the Ubaid and Uruk periods,
as well as during Middle Assyrian times. Excavations have revealed
over 20 kilns and a number of burials, as well as some figurines
and spindle whorls. There was also a small Neolithic settlement.
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Telul_eth-Thalathat