Tell Abu Salabikh
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Feb 12, 2026 11:29 AM
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History
Tell Abu Salabikh was the site of a small Sumerian city of the third millennium BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912950
32.2526271173, 45.054447214
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Abu Salabikh (4000 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall Abū Ṣālabīkh (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Abu Salabikh (German, unspecified date range)
- Abu Salabikh (English, unspecified date range)
- Abū Ṣalābīḫ (Modern Standard Arabic, 6200 BC - 2000 BC)
- Uncertain: Keš (Sumerian, 4000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Tall Abī Ṣalābīḫ (unspecified date range)
- Tall Abī Ṣalābīḫ (Modern Standard Arabic, 5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- Tall Abū Ṣalābiḫ (5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- Tall Abū Ṣalābīḫ (Arabic, 1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Tall Abū Ṣalābīḫ (Arabic, 2950 BC - 2350 BC)
- تل أبو صلابيخ (Tall Abū Ṣālabīkh: Arabic, modern)
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settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 D3 Tell Abu Salabikh
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Abu Salabikh, IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tell Abu Salabikh: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912950> [accessed: 13 July 2026]
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