Tell Skeikh Hamad located on the left bank of the Habur in Syria, has been identified with the Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu. The small settlement existed at the site in the Late Chalcolithic period. The Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu have been founded during the reign of Shalmaneser I (r. 1274–1245 BC or 1265–1235 BC).
See:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%ABr-Katlimmu
- Sheikh Hamad, (Tell), in: Piotr Bienkowski, Alan Millard (eds..), Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, British Museum Press, London 2000, pp. 267-268.
- Hartmut Kühne (Eds.): Die rezente Umwelt von Tall Šēḫ Ḥamad und Daten zur Umweltrekonstruktion der assyrischen Stadt Dūr-Katlimmu. Berichte der Ausgrabung Tall Šēḫ Ḥamad / Dūr-Katlimmu 1. Reimer, Berlin 1991