Tell es-Sawwan is an important Samarran period archaeological site in Saladin Province, Iraq.

[1] The inhabitants of Tell es-Sawwan were farmers who used irrigation from the Tigris to support their crops, as rainfall was unreliable.

Their prosperity, probably based on the dependability of irrigated crops, is evidenced by the presence of fine Samarran ware and beautiful, translucent marble vessels.

Underfloor graves of adults and children contained terracotta and alabaster statuettes of women and men, in various poses; some of these had the eyes and pointed heads typical of the Ubaid period.

[4][5] A number of clay sling bullets were also found, by a ditch and wall the excavators termed defensive in nature.