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Tell Wilaya

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Jun 12, 2023 11:05 AM — History

tags: ANE

Tell Wilaya is a small site that was occupied from the Jemdet Nasr Period to the Old Babylonian Period. Its ancient name is not known, but it may have been Keš.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/762762282

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.3125962347, 45.6602672037

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Tell Wilaya (3000 BC - 1600 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall Wilāiyah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Uncertain: Keš (Sumerian, 3000 BC - 540 BC)
- تل ولاية (Tall Wilāiyah: Arabic, modern)
- Tell Wilaya (Arabic, modern)

Tell Wilaya makes connections with:

None

Tell Wilaya receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

See Further:

Iraq Significant Sites 108

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tell Wilaya: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/762762282> [accessed: 26 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/762762282 |title=Places: 762762282 (Tell Wilaya) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=December 26, 2024 6:59 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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