Balawat
Sign in to saveBalawat (, '''') is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province (Iraq). It lies southeast from the city of Mosul and to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Balawat
- Ancient site.native_name
- ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.coordinates
- on
- Ancient site.location
- Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Northern Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1878, 1956, 1989
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Hormuzd Rassam, M. Mallowan, D.J. Tucker
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Nineveh Governorate
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Villes assyriennes.PNG
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Ancient name
- History of archaeological research
- Occupation history
- Post U.S.-Iraq War construction
- Material culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Balawat (, '''') is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province (Iraq). It lies southeast from the city of Mosul and to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida.
==Ancient name== Balawat is the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil. The meaning of Imgur-Enlil is "Enlil agreed". Note that there was also a wall in ancient Babylon named Imgur-Enlil.