Tell al-Lahm
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, DARMC, R. Talbert, Rune Rattenborg
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Feb 12, 2026 11:29 AM
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History
Tell al-Lahm is probably to be identified with Dur-Yakin, Duru(m), and/or Kissik, which are mentioned in Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian sources, and also in some first-millennium BCE texts together with Ur, Uruk, Larsa, Eridu, and Kullab (Uruk sanctuary).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912953
30.774, 46.3659
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Tall al-Laḥam (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Tell al-Lahm/Dur-Yakin?/Duru(m)? (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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- Less than certain: Eamaškuga connection Tell al-Lahm (720 BC - 540 BC)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 C3 Tell al-Lahm/Dur-Yakin?/Duru(m)?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell al-Lahm, IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tell al-Lahm: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912953> [accessed: 18 February 2026]
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