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Location

  • Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah
  • geo:30.774006,46.365467

Period or year

  • -3100~ / -2xx?

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Tell Al-Lahm - Ancient Kuara (EUAS-172 & 173)

data access 102269

NAGHAM A., BADIR N., ALBADRAN et al. (2017), The Archaeological Sites along the Ancient Course of Euphrates River, American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology,  and Sciences  (ASRJETS) ( https://asrjetsjournal.org/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/2695/1064 )

J. E. Taylor, "Notes on Abu Shahrein and Tel el Lahm", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 15 (1855), pp. 404-415

Appendix, The Southern Margins of Sumer – Archaeological Survey of the Area of Eridu and Ur, Henry T. Wright, 1966, in ADAMS R. McC. (1981), Heartland of Cities. Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use on the Central Floodplain of the Euphrates, University of Chicago Press ( https://archive.org/details/heartlandofcitie0000adam/page/n5/mode/2up )

GASCHE, H., ARCHAMBAULT, D., BARGE, O. & BOUDIER, T. (2005), The Persian Gulf Shorelines and the Karkheh, Karun, and Jarrahi Rivers. A Geo-Archaeological Approach. A Joint Belgo-Iranian Project. First Progress Report Part 2, Akkadica 126(1), 1–43 (https://akkadica.ugent.be/article/id/99554/ )

Nearby sites

  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-170)
    Post-Kassite period settlement (3,6 ha). Surveyed by T. Wright (1966). Alignement of three mounds, badly damaged in recent times.
    Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah
  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-174)
    Ur III, Larsa (?), Kassite and post-Kassite periods settlement. Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).
    Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah
  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-171)
    Uruk, Late Larsa, Kassite and post-Kassite periods settlement (4,2 ha). Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).
    Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah
  • Anonymous settlement (EUAS-169)
    Late Larsa and Neo Babylonian and later periods settlement (1,9 ha). Many looted graves. Surveyed by T. Wright (1966).
    Iraq, Manāzil al Hajānah

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Creators: Entry created by Julien De Chocqueuse (2026-01-06) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/102269
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Suggested citation: De Chocqueuse, J. , Tell Al-Lahm - Ancient Kuara (EUAS-172 & 173). https://vici.org/vici/102269, accessed 2026-11-13.