Tell al-Rimah

Tell al-Rimah

Qattara/Karana (?)
Shown within Iraq
Location	Nineveh Province, Iraq
Region	Mesopotamia
Coordinates	36°15′25.51″N 42°26′57.61″E / 36.2570861°N 42.4493361°E / 36.2570861; 42.4493361
Type	tell
Site notes
Excavation dates	1964–1971
Archaeologists	D. Oates, Theresa Howard Carter

Tell al-Rimah (also Tell ar-Rimah) is an archaeological settlement mound, in Nineveh Province (Iraq) roughly 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mosul and ancient Nineveh in the Sinjar region. It lies 15 kilometers south of the site of Tal Afar. Its ancient name in the 2nd Millennium BC is thought have been Karana though the name of Qattara has also been suggested (as well as Razama). In any case Karana and Qattara were very close together and thought to be part of a small kingdom.^[1] It has also been suggested that the site's name in the 1st Millennium BC was Zamaḫâ. It is near the circular walled similar archaeological sites of Tell Hadheil, a large Early Dynastic site with Old Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian occupation, and Tell Huweish. Tell Hamira, known earlier as Tell Abu Hamira, is 16 kilometers to the east and has also been suggested as the site of Karana. Currently, archaology leans toward Qattara as the ancient name of Tell Al-Rimah.^[2]