# Tell Rashid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tell_Rashid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tell_Rashid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Rashid > Source revision: 1333650802 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox ancient site |coordinates={{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |name={{wikidata|label}} |map_type={{wikidata|property|P17}} |location={{#statements:P17}} |region={{#statements:P131}} |type={{#statements:P31}} |image={{#statements:P18}} |excavations={{wikidata|qualifier|qualifier|qualifier|P793|Q959782|P580|P585|P582|sep%q=– }} |archaeologists={{#statements:P4345}} |condition= |height={{#statements:P2048}} |length={{#statements:P2043}} |width={{#statements:P2049}} |relief=yes |area={{#statements:P2046}} |epochs={{#statements:P2348}} }} '''Tell Rashid''' is a [tell](/source/Tell_(archaeology)), or archaeological settlement mound, in [Diyala Governorate](/source/Diyala_Governorate), [Iraq](/source/Iraq). The site lies in the foothills of the [Zagros Mountains](/source/Zagros_Mountains), some {{Convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [Tell Abada](/source/Tell_Abada), another [Ubaid period](/source/Ubaid_period) site. It measures 54 by 30 m and extends 2.5 m above the surrounding plain. Tell Rashid was excavated for a single season in 1978 under the direction of Sabah Abboud Jasim as part of the [archaeological salvage work](/source/Rescue_archaeology) being done for the construction of the [Hemrin Dam](/source/Hemrin_Dam).{{Cite book |last=Jasim |first=Sabah Abboud |url=https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/Publications/OIP/oip147.pdf |title=Tell Abada : an Ubaid village in Central Mesopotamia |date=2021 |others=Sebastian Payne, Bob Bewley |isbn=978-1-61491-069-5 |location=Chicago |oclc=1303909590}} The excavation trench reached a depth of 5 m, at which point virgin soil (undisturbed by human activity) was reached. Four different occupation levels were recognised, all dating to the Ubaid period.{{Cite journal|last=Jasim|first=Sabah Abboud|date=1983|title=Notes on the excavation at Tell Rashid, Iraq|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1983_num_9_1_4336|journal=Paléorient|volume=9|issue=1|pages=99–103|doi=10.3406/paleo.1983.4336}} == Occupation history == The oldest level, IV, consists of some [mudbrick](/source/mudbrick) foundations that were part of a larger building that extended beyond the excavated area. Based on the [ceramics](/source/Ceramic), the level could be dated to Ubaid 2. Level III yielded significant architectural remains, consisting of at least three separate buildings.{{Cite journal |date=1979 |title=Excavations in Iraq, 1977-78 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4200109 |journal=Iraq |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=141–181 |doi=10.1017/S0021088900005052 |jstor=4200109 |issn=0021-0889|url-access=subscription }} Two of these were examples of the typical tripartite [Ubaid house](/source/Ubaid_house) with a central hall or courtyard with smaller rooms on either long side. One of the buildings contained two child [burials](/source/Burial). The smaller of these two buildings had a facade adorned with [buttresses](/source/Buttress), suggesting that this building may have had a special purpose, for example, as a guest house. In level II, parts of a single building with several rooms were excavated. The youngest level I was severely damaged and only some wall fragments and hearths were found.{{Cite book|url=https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc63.pdf|title=Beyond the Ubaid : transformation and integration in the late prehistoric societies of the Middle East|date=2010|publisher=Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago|others=Robert A. Carter, Graham Philip, University of Chicago. Oriental Institute, Grey College|isbn=978-1-885923-66-0|location=Chicago, Ill.|oclc=646401242}} == Material culture == Artefacts recovered from the excavation included clay [animal figurines](/source/Animal_figurine) and [spindle whorls](/source/Spindle_whorl), undefined tokens, and [sling bullets](/source/Sling_(weapon)). Small cones found at the site have been interpreted as [labrets](/source/Labret). [Stone blades](/source/Blade) were also found, some of which still had pieces of [bitumen](/source/bitumen) sticking to them, indicating that they were probably inserted in a wooden shaft, for example, to create a [sickle](/source/sickle). Recovered pottery consisted mostly of painted, incised, or impressed ware and could be dated to the Ubaid 2-3 periods. Parallels for the so-called Fine Painted Ware at Tell Rashid have been found as far away as [Yumuktepe](/source/Yumuktepe) in [Turkey](/source/Turkey).{{Cite journal|last1=Caneva|first1=Isabella|last2=Palumbi|first2=Giulio|last3=Pasquino|first3=Antonia|date=2012|title=The Ubaid impact on the periphery : Mersin-Yumuktepe during the fifth millennium BC|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/anatv_1013-9559_2012_act_27_1_1274|journal=Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes|volume=27|issue=1|pages=353–389}} == See also == *[Cities of the ancient Near East](/source/Cities_of_the_ancient_Near_East) * [Tell Saadiya](/source/Tell_Saadiya) *[Tell Yelkhi](/source/Tell_Yelkhi) *[Tell Suleimah](/source/Tell_Suleimah) == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * {{Cite book|last=Jasim|first=Sabbah Aboud|url=http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/amar/id/161992|title=The Ubaid period in Iraq. Part i: recent excavations in the Hamrin region|publisher=B.A.R.|year=1985|location=Oxford|oclc=715406987|archive-date=2024-06-05|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605130000/http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/amar/id/161992|url-status=dead}} {{Authority control}} Rashid Category:Ubaid period Rashid Rashid Category:Diyala Governorate --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tell Rashid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Rashid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Rashid?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.