Tell Taya
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Tell Taya was an Ancient Near East
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...

 site about 20 kilometers southwest of Mosul
Mosul
Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...

 and Nineveh
Nineveh
Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq....

.

History

The site was heavily occupied on and off during the second
half of the 3rd millennium, with some re-use in the
Old Babylonian
Old Babylonian
Old Babylonian may refer to:*the period of the First Babylonian Dynasty *the historical stage of the Akkadian language of that time...

 period and the Neo-Assyrian
period. There is some evidence of Early Dynastic
occupation, but major building at Tell Taya began
around the time that the Akkadian Empire emerges. The
location controls a formerly rich agricultural area and
an important trade route.

Archaeology

The site was first recorded by Seton Lloyd
Seton Lloyd
Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, CBE , was an English archaeologist. He was President of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, Director of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara , Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology in the Institute of Archaeology, University of London...

 in 1938 during his survey of the
region.

It covers about a square kilometer and the central mound is around
9 meters high.

Tell Taya was excavated by a team from the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia....

led by J. E. Reade in 1967-1969 and 1972-1973.
Numerous stone structures were investigated, and pottery, along with a few
tablets and cylinder seals, were recovered in the 9 layers.

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