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Tell Kashkashok

Hasakah Governorate, Syria

Tell Kashashok is an archaeological site in the Khabur River Valley, of Northern Syria. The site is dated by pottery finds to the latter neolithic era, and early Dynastic era. The site was excavated by the Directorate General of Antiquities of Syria in 1987 and 1988. The Early Dynastic era includes a destruction layer, and an early adoption of cuneiform. It may have been known in antiquity as Kiš. A few clay numerical tablets from the EB III were found.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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