Yarim Tepe

Yarim Tepe is an archaeological site of an early farming settlement that goes back to about 6000 BC.

It is located in the Sinjar valley some 7km southwest from the town of Tal Afar in northern Iraq.

The settlement was investigated between 1969 and 1976, and later by the Soviet archaeological expedition under the leadership of Rauf Munchaev and Nikolai Merpert.

Yarim Tepe II is a settlement of the Halafian culture, belonging to the fifth millennium BC.

It is located 250 m west of Yarim Tepe I, and is partly eroded by the nearby brook Joubara Diariasi.

In 1985, Narimanov made comparisons between the Chaff-Faced Ware from Leyla-Tepe and the evidence from Yarim Tepe III.

He believed that these parallels were due to the migration of some Ubaid culture representatives into Transcaucasia in the first half of the 4th millennium BC.

[16] The lowest level also contains three high quality marble vessels, with parallels at Tell es-Sawwan and Umm Dabaghiyah.

Yarim Tepe on the map of the Middle East during Chalcolithic age (centre)
Painted vessel figurine of a nude woman from Yarim Tepe II settlement. Halaf culture, 5th millennium BCE. Iraq Museum
Painted pottery jar from Yarim Tepe. Halaf culture, 5th millennium BCE. Iraq Museum
Painted pottery goblet from Yarim Tepe. Halaf culture, 5th millennium BCE. Iraq Museum