تل الفخار | |
  Shown within Iraq  Tell al-Fakhar (Near East) | |
| Location | Iraq, Iraq |
|---|---|
| Region | Kirkuk Governorate |
| Coordinates | 35°22′51.6″N 43°58′40.8″E / 35.381000°N 43.978000°E |
| Type | tell |
| Length | 200 metre |
| Width | 135 metre |
| Height | 4.5 metre |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1967–1968; 1969 |
| Archaeologists | Yasin Mahmoud al-Khalesi |
Tell al-Fakhar (Arabic: تل الفخار, romanized: Tell al-Faḫḫar, lit. 'Pottery Mound') is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, 45 kilometers southwest of the modern city of Kirkuk in Kirkuk Governorate, northeastern Iraq. Excavations revealed two occupation phases that were dated to the Mitanni/Kassite and Neo-Assyrian periods, or mid-second and early-first millennia BCE. The mid-second millennium phase consisted of a large building, dubbed the "Green Palace", where an archive of circa 800 clay tablets was found. It has been suggested that the site's name was Kurruḫanni but later researchers have called this into question.[1][2]
- ^ Koliński, "Tell al-Fakhar: A dimtu-Settlement or the City of Kurruhanni?", Pp. 3–40 in Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 12, ed. D. I. Owen & G. Wilhelm. Bethesda, MD: CDL, 2002
- ^ von Dassow, Eva, "Mittani and Its Empire", The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume III: From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC, pp. 455-528, 2022
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