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.
العبيد | |
Shown within Iraq Tell al-'Ubaid (Near East) | |
Location | Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq |
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Region | Lower Mesopotamia |
Coordinates | 30°58′12″N 46°1′32″E |
Type | tell, type site |
Length | 350 metre |
Width | 250 metre |
Height | 2 metre |
History | |
Periods | Early Dynastic period, Ubaid period, Jemdet Nasr period, Ur III period |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1919; 1923; 1924; 1937 |
Archaeologists | Henry Hall, Leonard Woolley, Pinhas Pierre Delougaz, Seton Lloyd |
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