Urkesh, also transliterated Urkish (Akkadian: ๐จ๐ง๐ UR.KIล KI, ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ฒ๐ UR.KEล 3KI; modern Tell Mozan (also Tall Mozan); Arabic: ุชู ู ูุฒุงู), 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 third millennium BC, possibly by the Hurrians, on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries.
Urkesh, also transliterated Urkish (Akkadian: ๐จ๐ง๐ UR.KIล KI, ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ฒ๐ UR.KEล 3KI; modern Tell Mozan (also Tall Mozan); Arabic: ุชู ู ูุฒุงู), 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 third millennium BC, possibly by the Hurrians, on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries.
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