Me-Turan

Me-Turan
Me-Turnat
Me-Turan is located in Iraq
Me-Turan
Location within Iraq
Me-Turan is located in Near East
Me-Turan
Location within Near East
34°12′52″N 45°05′05″E / 34.2144°N 45.0847°E / 34.2144; 45.0847
Typeancient city
PeriodsIsin-Larsa, Old Babylonian, Kassite, Neo-Assyrian
LocationDiyala Governorate, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Site notes
Height6 m (20 ft)
Excavation dates1978 - 1984
ArchaeologistsNa'il Hannoun and Burhan Shakir
Conditionruined - inundated

Me-Turan (also Mê-Turan) is an archaeological site in Diyala Governorate Iraq comprising the modern Tell Haddad and the two mounds of Tell al-Sib (also Tell as-Sib). In Neo-Assyrian times it was known as Me-Turnat. It was excavated as part of the Hamrin Dam salvage project.