Tell Fray

Tell Fray
Shown within Syria
Alternative nameYakharisha or Shaparu
LocationSyria
RegionRaqqa Governorate
Coordinates35°54′13″N 38°23′03″E / 35.903545°N 38.384198°E / 35.903545; 38.384198
Typetell
History
PeriodsLate Bronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1972–1973
ArchaeologistsAdnan Bounni, Paolo Matthiae
Conditionflooded by Lake Assad
Public accessno

Tell Fray is a tell, or settlement mound, on the east bank of the Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria. The archaeological site takes its name from an ancient irrigation canal, hence 'Fray' or 'Little Euphrates'. It was part of a rescue excavation project for sites to be submerged by the creation of Lake Assad by the Tabqa Dam.