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Telloh

American  
[te-loh] / tɛˈloʊ /
Or Tello

noun

  1. a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.


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His interest in arch�ology led him to investigate some of the mounds in the neighborhood, and he soon began work at one called Telloh.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

The Telloh finds were forwarded to the Louvre, which in this way secured a collection from the south that formed a worthy complement to the Khorsabad antiquities.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Numerous bronze images of a kneeling god at Telloh give him only a loin-cloth, and often the deity, like the monarch, has only a skirt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Telloh, excavations, 11; temple records and legal documents, 165.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

It differs widely from the sculptures of Telloh, which are less refined and artistically advanced.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

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