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SITE ID - NAME :	B6	Billa (Tell)
ANCIENT NAME :	Shibaniba, ﾔibaniba
OTHER NAME :	Billah
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Mosul
CHRONOLOGY :	Chalcolithic; Protoliterate, Early Historic; Late Histric
PERIOD CODE :	5 6 8 12 18
DESCRIPTION :	Located ca. 12 km southeast of Khorsabad, this tell measures about 600x500 m. Small-scale excavations in the 1930's revealed various deposits, but the site is best-known for its possible administrative Middle Assyrian archive. Here were found 67 clay tablets dating to the reigns of Shalmaneser I (1273-1244 BC) and Tukulti-Ninurta I (1243-1207 BC). At another area of the site about 15 clay tablets were unearthed from a Neo-Assyrian archive. Most of the texts date to 853-826 BC; the reign of Shalmaneser III. Apart from these archives, attractive Mitanni painted pottery of the 15th-14th centuries BC was found.
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