Ancient Uzibu was identified by the Tablets of Ashur-bel-kala, Assyrian king Aššūr-bēl-kala ( c. 1074– c. 1057) the son of Tukultī-apil-Ešarra I from the XIth century BC .
See:
- Peter Vinzenz Bartl, Giricano and Ziyaret Tepe: Two Middle Bronze Age sites in the Upper Tigris Region in: Studien zur Urbanisierung Nordmesopotamiens 2012, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 175- 191 - https://www.academia.edu/1511265
- http://www.vorderas-archaeologie.uni-muenchen.de/forschung/abgeschl_projekte/projekt_giricano/index.html