Terqa

Terqa
Terqa is located in Syria
Terqa
Location within Syria
34°55′24″N 40°34′10″E / 34.92333°N 40.56944°E / 34.92333; 40.56944
LocationSyria
RegionDeir ez-Zor Governorate

Terqa is an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the modern border with Iraq and 64 kilometres (40 mi) north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria. Its name had become Sirqu by Neo-Assyrian times.

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