The lower tell, lying to the east, is primarily Early Bronze Age, in the late 3rd Millennium BC, and was at least partially protected by a fortification wall at that time.

[2] The site was first occupied at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age EB I (circa 3300 BC) about the Uruk Period.

Occupation continued, on a much reduced scale and only on the upper tell, into the Late Bronze Age (IA and IB), ending circa 1200 BC.

The most common divine name used is that of Dagan, followed by various forms of the Storm God including Tessup the Hurrian version.

[8] The tablets have not been formally published but Robert Whiting of the Oriental Institute of Chicago made preliminary transcriptions and translations available online.

[9] One tablet (Had-9), and official Mitanni leter order, is significant because it set a chronology synchronism between Azu, Ekalte, and Emar.

Tell Hadidi was visited by Abdul Rihaoui in 1963 and Maurits van Loon in 1964 as part of preparation for the dam rescue efforts.

[14][15][16][17] Along with a few cuneiform tablets a number of small finds were recovered including about 200 Early Bronze clay figurines, an inscribed stone plaque, and a toy chariot front.