Tell Bala Midfield
Bala Midfield
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)·Middle Bronze Age·🇮🇶 Dhi Qar, Iraq
About
About Tell Bala Midfield
Tell Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through aerial LiDAR and coring, it presents a central mound with workshop zone. Construction employs cyclopean blocks and demonstrates craft specialization. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Middle Bronze Age tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Water management and resilience
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
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. 1625 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Middle Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and settlement
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 1625 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 926 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 125 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1921
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
30.5280° N · 47.1741° E · 859 m · 3 mapped features
Temple Platform
moundPrimary tell at Tell Bala Midfield — rock-cut facade
30.5267° N · 47.1722° EEnclosure Wall
altarBurial zone — cists
30.5267° N · 47.1764° ENecropolis Extension
courtyardHydraulic feature — canal
30.5307° N · 47.1724° E