Habuba Kabira Süd

 island, ruins, ghost town

Habuba Kabira is an abandoned settlement dating back to Middle to Late Uruk Period (3500 BCE). The settlement is situated atop the now submerged Tell Kannas. The site encompasses roughly 18 hectares, 10 of which were walled off as part of the city. Habuba Kabira was abandoned sometime during the Late Uruk Period after about 150 years of occupation.

Tell Kannas was later occupied several times throughout the Middle to Late Bronze Ages. Tell Kannas was occasionally used as a burial ground during this time period as well as the Roman Era.

The site was excavated for 9 seasons from 1969 to 1975 by a Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft team and for 8 seasons from 1967 to 1974 by a Comité belge de recherches historiques, épigraphiques et archéologiques en Mésopotamie team.

See Also: bareo.be/project/tell-kannas.html