TELL ARBID
SYRIA
AREA “SL” - CITADEL SUMMIT
The goal of work in area “SL” on the south-
eastern side of the summit was to investi-
gate more closely a curious mud-brick wall
that was discovered in 2001 and was then
interpreted as a kind of reddish floor in one
of the kitchen rooms (locus 6/SL, square
37/56) belonging to the southeastern part of
the “Public Building”. This wall, which
follows a NW-SE axis, had a different ori-
entation and was erected of bricks of a dif-
ferent kind and color than those in walls
associated with the “Public Building”. This
season’s explorations in squares 38/56 and
37/56 demonstrated that in fact we are
Fig. 1. Contour map of Tell Arbid with marked localization of particular areas
(Drawing D. Prggowski and M. Wagner)
336
SYRIA
AREA “SL” - CITADEL SUMMIT
The goal of work in area “SL” on the south-
eastern side of the summit was to investi-
gate more closely a curious mud-brick wall
that was discovered in 2001 and was then
interpreted as a kind of reddish floor in one
of the kitchen rooms (locus 6/SL, square
37/56) belonging to the southeastern part of
the “Public Building”. This wall, which
follows a NW-SE axis, had a different ori-
entation and was erected of bricks of a dif-
ferent kind and color than those in walls
associated with the “Public Building”. This
season’s explorations in squares 38/56 and
37/56 demonstrated that in fact we are
Fig. 1. Contour map of Tell Arbid with marked localization of particular areas
(Drawing D. Prggowski and M. Wagner)
336