Tell Rashid (Hamrin)
Tell Rashid (Hamrin) · Tell Rashid
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE)·Ubaid·🇮🇶 Diyala Governorate, Hamrin, Iraq
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About Tell Rashid (Hamrin)
Tell Rashid (Hamrin) in Diyala Governorate, Hamrin, Iraq is a Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid. Ubaid village with grain storages. Stratified deposits with radiocarbon sequence and imported materials trace long-distance exchange. Systematic and rescue excavations exposed houses, fortifications and craft zones preserved as a multi-period tell on aerial imagery.
Why it mattersKey Ubaid sequence for Diyala Governorate, Hamrin; defines regional chronology for Ubaid.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing precision vs radiocarbon plateau
- 02Ritual vs domestic architecture?
Theories
- 01Regional centre model
- 02ceremonial/territorial marker
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.5000–4300 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid
- Purpose
- Ubaid village with grain storages
- Rediscovered
- 1986 survey; systematic excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.5000
Initial founding / earliest level
c.2000 BCE
Major architectural rephase — walls and houses rebuilt in stone/mudbrick
2011
Modern systematic excavations / rescue programme
On the ground
Structures & features
34.2100° N · 44.9200° E · 98 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Rashid (Hamrin) — Central mound/acropolis
structureMain stratified summit with houses/fortifications and sequence
34.2103° N · 44.9202° ETell Rashid (Hamrin) — Lower town / extramural area
complexLower town or extramural cemetery/workshop zone
34.2096° N · 44.9203° ETell Rashid (Hamrin) — Craft / midden quarter
workshopWorkshop or midden with pottery and tools
34.2102° N · 44.9196° E
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