Tell al-'Ubaid

Tell al-'Ubaid (Arabic: العبيد) is a low, relatively small tell (settlement mound) west of nearby Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Most of the remains are from the Chalcolithic Ubaid period, for which Tell al-'Ubaid is the type site, with an Early Dynastic temple and cemetery at the highest point. It was a cult center for the goddess Ninhursag.

Tell al-'Ubaid
العبيد
Shown within Iraq
Tell al-'Ubaid (Near East)
LocationDhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
RegionLower Mesopotamia
Coordinates30°58′12″N 46°1′32″E
Typetell, type site
Length350 metre
Width250 metre
Height2 metre
History
PeriodsEarly Dynastic period, Ubaid period, Jemdet Nasr period, Ur III period
Site notes
Excavation dates1919; 1923; 1924; 1937
ArchaeologistsHenry Hall, Leonard Woolley, Pinhas Pierre Delougaz, Seton Lloyd
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