Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center
Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha·Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial·🇮🇶 Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
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About Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha tell attributed to Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial. Large steppe center 66 ha with 33 m citadel and lower town, Nineveh gap satellite. Ball Tell al-Hawa 66 ha with Uruk bevel rims and Assyrian deportation ceramics.
Why it mattersKey Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial stratigraphic tell for Syro-Mesopotamian sequence
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Halaf–Ubaid transition
- 02Neo-Assyrian administration
Theories
- 01Pottery kiln seriation
- 02Trade route monitoring
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha
- Culture
- Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial
- Purpose
- Large steppe center 66 ha with 33 m citadel and lower town, Nineveh gap satellite
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1920 CE
Modern survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.2100° N · 42.1100° E · 300 m · 3 mapped features
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center — Citadel High Mound
citadelCitadel
36.2101° N · 42.1101° ETell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center — Lower Town Pottery Kilns
kilnsKiln area
36.2098° N · 42.1102° ETell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center — Stela / Orthostat Field
stelaStela area
36.2104° N · 42.1098° E