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Tell el-Iswid

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: settlement

Archaeological site located in the eastern Nile Delta 40 km northeast of Zagazig, mainly occupied in the predynastic period and occasionally until the late periods.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/598387864

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.8530163334, 31.7655762176

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Tell el-Iswid (4500 BC - 332 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Associated Modern Names:
- Tell Abassieh (French, modern)
- Tell Haddâdin (French, modern)
- Tell el-Iswid (English, modern)
- Tell el-Iswid (French, modern)
- تلَّ الأسود (Tell el-Iswid: Egyptian Arabic, modern)

Tell el-Iswid makes connections with:

None

Tell el-Iswid receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Nicolas Souchon, 'Tell el-Iswid: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/598387864> [accessed: 22 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/598387864 |title=Places: 598387864 (Tell el-Iswid) |author=Souchon, N. |accessdate=June 22, 2025 5:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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