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Tuttul
35.9575Β° N, 39.0475Β° E
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Tuttul (Akkadian: tu-ut-tu-ulki, Ugaritic: πππ β TTL) was an ancient Near East city. Tuttul is identified with the archaeological site of Tell Bi'a (also Tall Bi'a) in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Tell Bi'a is located near the modern city of Raqqa and at the confluence of the rivers Balikh and Euphrates. During the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000β1600 BC), Tuttul was a sacred city to the god Dagan, who was a storm god in the region of Mari, Terqa and Tuttul. His two main temples were at Tuttul and Terqa and his wife Shalash was also worshiped at Tuttul. The god Mullil (another name for Enlil) was also said to "dwell" in Tuttul. The Hurrian version of Dagan, Kumarbi, was also worshiped there. There was also a temple of the "River-god" at Tuttul, a poorly understood entity which has been suggested as the deified Euphrates, which was recorded as receiving sacrifices.
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Byzantine_mosaic
6th century AD
Yahdun-Lim_campaign
c. 1800 BC
Shamshi-Adad_I_tablets
c. 1800 BC
Modern_excavations
1980β1995
Middle_Bronze_Age_cult_center
c. 2000β1600 BC
Geomagnetic_prospection
2002
Naram-Sin_reference
c. 2254β2218 BC
Sargon_mentions_Dagan_at_Tuttul
2334β2279 BC
Uruk_period_occupation
late 4th millennium BC
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