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Tell Yelkhi

a Pleiades place resource

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Tell Yelkhi is an archaeological site located in Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The site was inundated by the Hamrin Dam project, although salvage excavations were carried out. The site was first settled in the early third millennium BCE and continued through the Kassite period in the late second millennium BCE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/509596319

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.2856321657, 45.0016533695

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Yelkhi (3000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tell Yelkhi (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Tell Yelkhi receives connections from:

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Place type:
archaeological site, tell

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Tell Yelkhi

Related:

Wikidata Tell Yelkhi (Q125447682)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Tell Yelkhi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/509596319> [accessed: 21 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/509596319 |title=Places: 509596319 (Tell Yelkhi) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 21, 2026 3:19 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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