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Sultantepe
37.0503° N, 38.9061° E
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The ancient temple-complex, perhaps of Huzirina, now represented by the tell of Sultantepe, is a Late Assyrian archeological site at the edge of the Neo-Assyrian empire, now in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Sultantepe is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Urfa on the road to Harran. The modern village of Sultantepe Köyü lies at the base of the tell.
Historical Timeline
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Rebuilding after collapse
c. 648 BCE
Fall of Harran and end of archives
610 BCE
Preliminary campaign
May–June 1951
Seton Lloyd soundings
1952
Publication of the Sultantepe Tablets
from 1953
Archaeological Features
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Religious and Ritual Structures
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