Tepe Gawra

Tepe Gawra
	Shown within Iraq
Location	Nineveh Province, Iraq
Region	Northern Mesopotamia
Coordinates	36°29′44″N 43°15′37″E / 36.49556°N 43.26028°E
Type	tell
Site notes
Excavation dates	1927, 1931, 1932
Archaeologists	E.A. Speiser

Tepe Gawra is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement 15 miles NNE of Mosul in northwest Iraq that was occupied between 5000 and 1500 BC. It is roughly a mile from the site of Nineveh and 2 miles E of the site of Khorsabad. It contains remains from the Halaf period, the Ubaid period, and the Uruk period (4000–3100 BC). Tepe Gawra contains material relating to the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period c. 5,500–5,000 BC.