Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

TELL ARBID

SYRIA

Area b — situated in cultivated fields
on the eastern side of the tell (not yet exca-
vated);
Area c — in the lower part of the north-
eastern slope of the tell (north of sector "S")
and in cultivated fields to the northeast of
the tell (area under cultivation — not exca-
vated as yet);
Area d — on the western slope of the
tell (adjoining the earlier excavated sec-
tions in sectors "D" and "M");
Area e — on the southern slope of the
tell, between the trenches in sector "W".
The total area covered by the survey mea-
sured 6 ha.

AREA A
Excavations in 1996-1997 and in 2002 re-
vealed the remains of Hellenistic-period
architecture, superimposed on earlier layers
reaching back to the 2nd (Mitanman set-
tlement) and perhaps even 3rd millennium
BC.3 Ruins of buildings were noted around
the summit of the mound in sector "A",
especially on the southern and southwest-
ern side. The prospection was thus planned
to cover an area of 3.50 ha on the southern
slope, reaching the foot of the main tell
("citadel") on the west. The objective was
to establish the extent of occupational re-
mains.


Fig. 2. Area a. Magnetic map, grid lines every 20 m.

3 Cf. P. Bielinski, PAM VIII, Reports 1996 (1997), 206-207; id., PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998), 213-215; id., PAM XIV,
Reports 2002 (2003), 302-312.

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