Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

TELL ARBID

SYRIA

and were much narrower, following
a slightly different orientation than the
foundations discovered in the uppermost
layer. A large tannour (c. 0.8 m in diameter)
occupied the corner of a room uncovered in
the second stratum of this trench.
Vertically mounted bricks surrounded the
walls of this installation on the outside.
Inside the tannour a mortar made of basalt
was found, together with a complete
ceramic vessel and fragments of two others,
as well as two big ceramic pot stands. It
seems that the two lowermost strata may
correspond to the Third Dynasty of Ur,
predating the Khabour-ware period.
In the neighboring trench, comprising
the entire square 37/61, the remains that
have been unearthed are chiefly of

Khabour-ware period date. In the northern
and western sections of this trench, in the
uppermost stratum, wide mud brick walls
were cleared; they form the southern ends
of rooms already identified in the old “SR”
sector in 1998 and 1999- Brick benches
have been preserved in some of the rooms.
In the central and southern parts of square
37/61, in the same layer, there appeared
huge pise foundations of a similar orient-
ation as the aforementioned mud brick
walls (Fig. 10). These foundations ap-
parently belong to another Khabour-period
building, the mud brick superstructure of
which has been swept away by erosion.
Beneath the pise walls, the top of mud brick
walls following a completely different
orientation were discovered.


Fig. 10. Remains of Khabour ware-period structures in square 37/6l
(Photo A. Reiche)

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