History
Little is currently known about the history or identity of Tell Arbid. The site was heavily occupied during Early Dynastic times of the 3rd Millennium, primarily Ninevite 5 and Early Dynastic III periods, then sporadically in the Akkadian, Mitanni, Neo-Babylonian and the Hellenistic period.
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