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  Shown within Syria  Tuttul (Near East) | |
| Alternative name | Tuttul |
|---|---|
| Location | Al-Raqqah Governorate, Syria |
| Region | Upper Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 35°57′27″N 39°2′51″E / 35.95750°N 39.04750°E |
| Type | archaeological site |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1980-1995 |
| Archaeologists | Eva Strommenger |
Tuttul (Akkadian: tu-ut-tu-ulki,[1] Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎚𐎍 – TTL[2]) was an ancient Near East city. Tuttul is identified with the archaeological site of Tell Bi'a (also Tall Bi'a) in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Tell Bi'a is located near the modern city of Raqqa and at the confluence of the rivers Balikh and Euphrates.
During the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1600 BC), Tuttul was a sacred city to the god Dagan, who was a storm god in the region of Mari, Terqa and Tuttul. His two main temples were at Tuttul and Terqa and his wife Shalash was also worshiped at Tuttul. The god Mullil (another name for Enlil) was also said to "dwell" in Tuttul.[2][3] The Hurrian version of Dagan, Kumarbi, was also worshiped there.[4] There was also a temple of the "River-god" at Tuttul, a poorly understood entity which has been suggested as the deified Euphrates, which was recorded as receiving sacrifices.[5]
- ^ [1] Dossin, Georges, “Inscriptions de Fondation Provenant de Mari”, Syria, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 152–69, 1940
- ^ a b George, Andrew, and Manfred Krebernik, "Two Remarkable Vocabularies: Amorite-Akkadian Bilinguals!", Revue d'assyriologie et d'archeologie orientale 116.1, pp. 113-166, 2022
- ^ Feliu, Lluís, "The god Dagan in Bronze Age Syria", Leiden Boston, MA: Brill, 2003 ISBN 90-04-13158-2
- ^ Archi, Alfonso, "The West Hurrian Pantheon and Its Background", in Collins, B. J.; Michalowski, P. (eds.), Beyond Hatti: a tribute to Gary Beckman. Atlanta: Lockwood Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1-937040-11-6
- ^ Woods, Christopher, "On the Euphrates", Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, vol. 95, no. 1-2, pp. 7-45, 2005