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    Terqa is the name of an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately...
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    Kelly-Buccellati, Terqa: The First Eight Seasons, Les Annales Archeologiques Arabes Syriennes 33(2), 1983, 47–67. Terqa – A Narrative. terqa.org. Mahdi, Waruno...
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  • Dilbat (modern Tell al-Deylam). A female form of Lagamal was worshiped in Terqa on the Euphrates in Upper Mesopotamia. The male Lagamal was also at some...
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    Ninkarrak (section Terqa)
    attested temples dedicated to her existed in Sippar (in modern Iraq) and in Terqa (in modern Syria). Finds from excavations undertaken at the site of the...
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    the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and...
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  • Assyria, though she was also worshiped in the kingdom of Mari, especially in Terqa. She appears in numerous theophoric names from this area, with Akkadian...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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  • middle Euphrates region north of Mari, which included the ancient city of Terqa. The kingdom emerged during the decline of the First Babylonian Dynasty...
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  • kingdom of Mari, and after its fall in the kingdom of Khana, especially in Terqa. His name is structured like a theophoric name rather than a typical theonym...
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    Giorgio Buccellati excavating the ruins of a burned-down house at the site of Terqa, in modern-day Syria, found a ceramic pot containing a handful of cloves...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    Kish to defeat Mari in a battle near Terqa. Ebla itself suffered its first destruction a few years after Terqa in c. 2300 BC, during the reign of the...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    existence of a house of worship dedicated to him (akīt dme-er) in nearby Terqa. He was also apparently worshiped in Nerebtum, Shaduppum and Kakkulatum...
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    Moluccas in Maritime Southeast Asia were found in a 2nd millennium BCE site in Terqa. Evidence for imports from the Indus to Ur can be found from around 2350...
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    refrigeration technology dates back to 1775 BC in the Sumerian city of Terqa. It was there that the region's King, Zimri-lim, began the construction...
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  • predecessor, Yazkur-el; Ila-kabkabu's son and successor, Aminu), Ila-kabkabu of Terqa is also mentioned as the father of one other king named within the Assyrian...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    Tepe, Gasur) Tell al-Fakhar (Kurruhanni?) Tell Taban (Ṭābetu, Ṭābatum) Terqa (Tell Ashara) Doura Europos Mari (Tell Hariri) Tuttul (Tell Bi'a) Haradum...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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  • Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    worshiped in Isin Ninkarrak, divine physician, worshiped in Sippar and Terqa Nintinugga, divine physician, worshiped in Nippur Damu, son and assistant...
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    associated with Nippur, Ninisina with Isin, and Ninkarrak with Sippar and Terqa. The association between Gula and Ninisina is considered particularly close...
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    reign except that he came into conflict with his neighbour Ila-kabkabu of Terqa after the two had first been allies. Iagitlim was succeeded by his son Iakhdunlim...
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    Confederacy Paleo-Syrian states Armi Aleppo Armanum/Tall Bazi Ebla Emar Khana/Terqa Mari Nagar Tuttul Suhum ʿApiru Aḫlamū Suteans Amqu ʿApiru Shasu Shutu Tadmor...
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    icehouse by Zimri-Lim, the King of Mari, in the northern Mesopotamian town of Terqa, "which never before had any king built." In China, archaeologists have...
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    seven of his rebelling tribal leaders, and rebuilding the walls of Mari and Terqa in addition to building a new fort which he named Dur-Yahdun-Lim. Yahdun-Lim's...
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  • north to south: Nineveh, Qattara (or Karana), Dūr-Katlimmu, Assur, Arrapha, Terqa, Nuzi, Mari, Eshnunna, Dur-Kurigalzu, Der, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Susa,...
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