Location | Syria |
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Region | Al-Raqqah Governorate |
Coordinates | 36°28′55.999″N 39°3′24.998″E / 36.48222194°N 39.05694389°E |
Type | tell |
Length | 500 metre |
Width | 500 metre |
Height | 45 metre |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1981; 1982; 1984; 1986; 1988; 1992; 1995; 1998; 2001 |
Archaeologists | Maurits van Loon, Diederik Meijer |
Tell Hammam et-Turkman is an ancient Near Eastern tell site located in the Balikh River valley in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria, not far from the Tell Sabi Abyad site and around 80 km north of the city of Raqqa. The Tell is located on the left bank of the Balikh and has a diameter of 500 m and is 45 m high. 500 m north is the modern village of Damešliyye.