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SITE ID - NAME :	K3	Kirkuk
ANCIENT NAME :	Arrapah
OTHER NAME :	Kerkuk, Qal'a
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Kirkuk
CHRONOLOGY :	Early Historic; Late Historic
PERIOD CODE :	10 12 18
DESCRIPTION :	Located 16 km northeast of Nuzi, near the Khasa river. The modern city Kirkuk covers the ancient tell. Since Adad Nirari II (911-891 BC), this city belonged to the Assyrian empire. Arrapah was the capital of a state that included both Nuzi and Kurruhanni. It was strongly influenced by Hurrian and Babylonian developments. In 1912 a total of 144 clay tablets were found at an eroded part of the tell.
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