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Tell es-Sawwan

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Clifflena Tiah

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 04, 2025 03:17 PM — History

A tell located along the Tigris River where human occupation began in the fifth millennium BCE. The site's material remains are chiefly associated with Ubaid, Hassuna, and Samarra cultures.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876875509

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.1210036438, 43.9050902773

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell es-Sawwan (5000 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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

Tell es-Sawwan makes connections with:

Tell es-Sawwan located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)

Tell es-Sawwan receives connections from:

None

Place type:
archaeological site, tell

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Wikidata Tell es-Sawwan (Q7697547)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Clifflena Tiah, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tell es-Sawwan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876875509> [accessed: 14 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876875509 |title=Places: 876875509 (Tell es-Sawwan) |author=Tiah, C. |accessdate=February 14, 2026 8:02 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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