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 View of Tell Mozan from the north. | |
  Shown within Syria  Urkesh (Near East) | |
| Alternative name | Tell Mozan |
|---|---|
| Location | Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria |
| Region | Taurus Mountains |
| Coordinates | 37°3′25″N 40°59′50″E / 37.05694°N 40.99722°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | 4th millennium BC |
| Abandoned | 1350 BC |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Urkesh, also transliterated Urkish (Akkadian: 𒌨𒆧𒆠 UR.KIŠKI, 𒌨𒋙𒀭𒄲𒆠 UR.KEŠ3KI; modern Tell Mozan; Arabic: تل موزان), is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC, possibly by the Hurrians, on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries. The city god of Urkesh was Kumarbi, father of Teshup.[1]
- ^ Buccellati, Giorgio, and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati. “Urkesh: The First Hurrian Capital.” The Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 60, no. 2, 1997, pp. 77–96