Tepe Gawra

American  

[te-pe gou-rah] / ˈtɛ pɛ gaʊˈrɑ /

noun

1. an archaeological site in N Iraq, near Mosul: excavations have revealed that numerous settlements have occupied this site since c5000 b.c.

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Example Sentences

They’re filled with almost 1,200 objects from settlements like Tepe Gawra and Ur, among them the items mentioned above — along with Queen Puabi’s glittery burial outfit.

From New York Times

Only a handful of ruins — at Ubaid, Eridu and Oueili in southern Mesopotamia and Tepe Gawra, in the north near Mosul, Iraq — had produced at best a sketchy picture of these older cultures.

From New York Times

In fact, archaeologists said, it was similar in design to a seal found 185 miles to the east, at Tepe Gawra, near Mosul.

From New York Times