Baliḫu (original) (raw)

Baliḫu also known as Ba-li-ih and Balaṭ-šarrani is an ancient, Iron Age town on the Euphrates in northern Syria. According to the Harran Census tablets (SAA XI 122–45), the city was located in the Balikh River Basin. The ruins of the town are believed by some to be at Tell Abyad (Arabic: تل أبيض,) on the Syria–Turkey border.