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Tell Suleimah

Diyala Governorate, Iraq

Tell Suleimah (also Tell Suleimeh, Tell Sleima, Tell Sleimah, Tell as-Suleimeh, Tell Sulaimah, Tell as-Sulaima, and Tell Sulayma) is an ancient Near East archaeological site in Diyala Governorate (Iraq), lying about one kilometer east of the Diyala river and about 50 kilometers northeast of ancient Eshnunna. It was examined as part of the Hamrin Dam salvage excavation (as Hamrin #12) before it flooded. Other sites a part of that rescue excavation included, Me-Turan, Tell Gubah, Tell Songor, Tellul Hamediyat, Tell Rubeidheh, Tell Madhur, Tell Imlihiye, Tell Rashid, Tell Saadiya and Tell Abada. Tell Suleimah was the largest site in the innundation area.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Iraq