 | Dibsi Faraj |
| region: | Go to overview listMesopotamia |
| section: | Upper Mesopotamia |
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| latitude: | 35.9153282060 N |
| longitude: | 38.2450278910 E |
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| data set: | ID: 1782, added: 2011-04-05 20:14:53, last changed: 2012-10-11 23:55:03 |
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| info: | Thapsacus ? |
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| excavation: | An initial, small archaeological sounding was done at Dibsi Faraj by the Syrian Department of Antiquities in 1971. Following this investigation, the site was excavated between 1972 and 1974 as part of a joint operation of the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies and the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan under the direction of Richard P. Harper. |
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| 35.915328, 38.245028 = 35.915328 N, 38.245028 E = 35°54'55.2" N, 38°14'42.1" E |
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| information source: | University of Uppsala
The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics. |
Olof Pedersén
Professor in Assyriology.
His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence. |
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| Nearest sites | Tell Fray, distance circa 12.2 km (7.6 mi) east
Sura, distance circa 48.3 km (30.0 mi) east
Basiru, distance circa 57.0 km (35.4 mi) north
Jabbul, distance circa 68.2 km (42.4 mi) west
Qalat Najm, distance circa 71.2 km (44.3 mi) north
Tell Yasti, distance circa 74.5 km (46.3 mi) north
Qara Quzak, distance circa 79.9 km (49.6 mi) north
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| link to this page: | http://www.ancientlocations.net/pminfo.php?sp=1782 |