DOI article:
Bieliński, Piotr: Polish excavations in north-east Syria 1988-1989
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42008#0023
Its two upper levels have been partly destroyed by modem Islamic graves. The
deepest of the grave pits penetrated for over 1.5m into the ancient deposits.
AH levels of Layer I contain fragments of mudhrick structures composed of
several rooms each. The walls of some of them have foundations built of3tones
and potsherds. The most interesting feature of these structures is presence in
most of the rooms of numerous basins of different shapes and dimensions. The
largest of them was nearly rectangular in shape (2.5x1.8m) and was lined with
a thin layer of white gypsum laid on a layer of beaten reddish clay. On one of
its sides a fragment of an open and plastered channel was found. The outlet of
the channel was situated 0.3 mover the bottom of the basin.(Fig. 1) In another
small room (1.9 x 1.9m) labelledasLocusl, two basins were discovered. The
smaller of them was ovoid in shape and occupied the central part of the room
while the other, measuring 1-.7 x0.9 m and ca. 0.4 m deep was placed along one
ofthewalls. This basin was at least once restored, its floor raised ca. 0.4m
higher, on a layer of pottery deposit composed of 29 vessels, most of them
complete and some intentionally broken.
The ceramic material coming from the uppermost level of Layer I consist
mainly of numerous globular jars, small flat-bottomed beakers, small bottles
withelongatednecksandmediumsizedovoidjarswithhighnecks. It seems that
this level should be dated to the Late ED III or at the beginning of the
Akkadian period. In the lower levels of this stratum there are no bottles and
apart from still numerous globular jars and beakers there appear some small
bowls and cooking pots as well as fragments of the "metallic ware". Those
assemblages clearly represent the late phase of the ED III period.
BetweenLayer I and the preceding one there is a short gap in occupation of
the site. This second layer (Layer II) contains fragments of two separate
architectural units erected in mudbrick. Both of them were unearthed in a very
good state of preservation. Some of their walls were preserved up to height of
2.3 m. The larger fragment (Building 1) is composed of at least four rooms and
measuresca. 10 x 5.5m. The main room (Locus 5), measuring ca. 4.5x3.2 m, is
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deepest of the grave pits penetrated for over 1.5m into the ancient deposits.
AH levels of Layer I contain fragments of mudhrick structures composed of
several rooms each. The walls of some of them have foundations built of3tones
and potsherds. The most interesting feature of these structures is presence in
most of the rooms of numerous basins of different shapes and dimensions. The
largest of them was nearly rectangular in shape (2.5x1.8m) and was lined with
a thin layer of white gypsum laid on a layer of beaten reddish clay. On one of
its sides a fragment of an open and plastered channel was found. The outlet of
the channel was situated 0.3 mover the bottom of the basin.(Fig. 1) In another
small room (1.9 x 1.9m) labelledasLocusl, two basins were discovered. The
smaller of them was ovoid in shape and occupied the central part of the room
while the other, measuring 1-.7 x0.9 m and ca. 0.4 m deep was placed along one
ofthewalls. This basin was at least once restored, its floor raised ca. 0.4m
higher, on a layer of pottery deposit composed of 29 vessels, most of them
complete and some intentionally broken.
The ceramic material coming from the uppermost level of Layer I consist
mainly of numerous globular jars, small flat-bottomed beakers, small bottles
withelongatednecksandmediumsizedovoidjarswithhighnecks. It seems that
this level should be dated to the Late ED III or at the beginning of the
Akkadian period. In the lower levels of this stratum there are no bottles and
apart from still numerous globular jars and beakers there appear some small
bowls and cooking pots as well as fragments of the "metallic ware". Those
assemblages clearly represent the late phase of the ED III period.
BetweenLayer I and the preceding one there is a short gap in occupation of
the site. This second layer (Layer II) contains fragments of two separate
architectural units erected in mudbrick. Both of them were unearthed in a very
good state of preservation. Some of their walls were preserved up to height of
2.3 m. The larger fragment (Building 1) is composed of at least four rooms and
measuresca. 10 x 5.5m. The main room (Locus 5), measuring ca. 4.5x3.2 m, is
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