Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (11.1999(2000))

TELL ARBID

SYRIA

TELL ARBID
THE FOURTH SEASON

Piotr Bielinski

The fourth campaign of Syrian-Polish excavations on Tell Arhid, a large site situated between
Hassake and Qamishli, took place in the fall of 1999■ The season began on August 17 and lasted
until October 11.0

1; The staff of the mission was more numerous than usual and counted 23 members: Dr. Dorota tawecka, Dr. Rafal
Kolinski, Dr. Claudia Suter, Mr. Andrzej Reiche, Mr. David Gimbel, Ms Anna Smogorzewska, Mr. Lukasz Rutkowski, Mr.
Paul Zimmerman, Ms Agata Kubala, Mrs. Dorota Bielinska, and Mr. Mirostaw Olbrys, archaeologists; Prof. Dr. Gebhard
Selz, epigraphist, as well as eight students of archaeology from the Warsaw and Vienna universities. I mention here with
gratitude Mrs. Ingeborga Bykowska, who assisted the domestic side of our expedition. Finally, I should mention Mr. Ahmed
Serriye, our Syrian expedition co-director, who was my closest associate and whose invaluable help contributed to the final
success of this campaign.
The joint Syrian-Polish expedition continued to profit from the help of our Syrian colleagues and associates from the
Direction General of Antiquities and Museums. Special thanks are owed to the Director General, Prof. Dr. Sultan Muhessen
for his friendly interest and encouragement, as well as to Mr. Abed Abdel Messih Bardo, Regional Director of Antiquities
in Hassake, for his constant support and help in the organization. Neither can we forego mentioning the financial assistance
offered this year to our mission by the Harvard Semitic Museum, as well as by Elektromontaz S.A. from Poland and its
President, Mr. Jerzy Lewandowski.

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