Tell Tuneinir
Tell Tneinir
Early Bronze to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE; Mittani–Assyrian peak)·Early Jazira → Mittani → Neo-Assyrian → Islamic (Tunainir)·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Khabur-Jaghjagh, Syria
About
About Tell Tuneinir
30-ha multiperiod tell at Jaghjagh–Khabur confluence with EB–Islamic continuity, Mittani–Assyrian town and casemate wall by magnetometry (Lyonnet). Nodal market between Brak and Chagar Bazar. Medieval Tunainir village with canal. Fills EB gap between Brak Eye Temple and Leilan palace.
Why it mattersKhabur gap-filler — EB–Islamic continuity; candidate Mari Tunip-Teššub.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Mari Tunip?
- 02Islamic continuity anomaly?
Theories
- 01Nodal-market secondary centre (Lyonnet)
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.3000 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE; Mittani–Assyrian peak)
- Culture
- Early Jazira → Mittani → Neo-Assyrian → Islamic (Tunainir)
- Builders
- Jazira EB communities
- Purpose
- Settlement and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1400 CE
- Rediscovered
- 1930s (Poidebard)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.3000 BCE
Early Jazira I village
c.1500 BCE
Mittani town — Nuzi ware
9th–14th c. CE
Islamic Tunainir canal village
1980s
Belgian sondage and Lyonnet survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.2280° N · 40.8440° E · 300 m · 3 mapped features
Citadel Mittani Palace Sector
palaceSummit Mittani vaulted building with Nuzi ware, Assyrian reoccupation
36.2284° N · 40.8443° EFortified Lower Town Casemate Wall
fortificationLower town casemate wall and gate by magnetometry, EB–Assyrian
36.2288° N · 40.8433° EIslamic Canal and Kiln Quarter (Tunainir)
hydraulicMedieval canal embankment and pottery kiln quarter, south town
36.2271° N · 40.8445° E