DOI article:
Bieliński, Piotr: The third season of excavations in northeast Syria- 1990
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soundings were dug. It was established that originally this room was nearly 4 rn high
and that it was rebuilt at least once. A thick deposit (0.8 m) of floors and accumulated
debris suggests that this room was in use over a long period of time. Another room, most
probably also belonging to the same Building I, was excavated this year south of locus
5. This new room, labelled locus 6, was very similar to the adjoining locus 5. It was of
similar dimensions and had two intersecting arches arranged similarly. It seems now
quite evident that the part of Building I described above must be at least partly
contemporary with the huge platform of mudbricks exposed already in 1988 on the
northern slope of the tell. The results of a careful examination which took place during
this season suggest that this large platform, over 10m wide, was not a homogenous
structure, but that it was composed of at least three parts. (Fig. 2) It seems also that
the innermost part of the platform may be slightly younger than the rest of it. The
inner face of the platform was found this year near the norther limits of trench K-L and
another fragment of this strange structure was unearthed in a small sounding on the
eastern slope of the mound (trench P), The remains discovered there have confirmed the
supposition that the platform protected not only the norther slope of the tell, but the
eastern one as well. It seems that this structure as a whole had a rather irregular
character and was composed of several separate segments made of mudbricks and loose
clay.
During this season layer I was exposed in the small trench K-L, running parallel
to the main step trench. (Fig. 1) Fragments of two large rooms with clay benches,
storage jars and fireplaces were found there. At least three main phases of development
could be observed here, closely corresponding to the earlier stages of layer I as
distinguished within the main step trench. These stages are representative of the late
phase of the Early Dynastic III period. Structures belonging to the same stages of layer
I were discovered also in the new trench M-N-0, located on the eastern slope of the tell
(Fig 3). They consisted of the remains of at least three separate dwelling units. The
largest fragment excavated within this trench measured ca 7 x 5m and consisted of four
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and that it was rebuilt at least once. A thick deposit (0.8 m) of floors and accumulated
debris suggests that this room was in use over a long period of time. Another room, most
probably also belonging to the same Building I, was excavated this year south of locus
5. This new room, labelled locus 6, was very similar to the adjoining locus 5. It was of
similar dimensions and had two intersecting arches arranged similarly. It seems now
quite evident that the part of Building I described above must be at least partly
contemporary with the huge platform of mudbricks exposed already in 1988 on the
northern slope of the tell. The results of a careful examination which took place during
this season suggest that this large platform, over 10m wide, was not a homogenous
structure, but that it was composed of at least three parts. (Fig. 2) It seems also that
the innermost part of the platform may be slightly younger than the rest of it. The
inner face of the platform was found this year near the norther limits of trench K-L and
another fragment of this strange structure was unearthed in a small sounding on the
eastern slope of the mound (trench P), The remains discovered there have confirmed the
supposition that the platform protected not only the norther slope of the tell, but the
eastern one as well. It seems that this structure as a whole had a rather irregular
character and was composed of several separate segments made of mudbricks and loose
clay.
During this season layer I was exposed in the small trench K-L, running parallel
to the main step trench. (Fig. 1) Fragments of two large rooms with clay benches,
storage jars and fireplaces were found there. At least three main phases of development
could be observed here, closely corresponding to the earlier stages of layer I as
distinguished within the main step trench. These stages are representative of the late
phase of the Early Dynastic III period. Structures belonging to the same stages of layer
I were discovered also in the new trench M-N-0, located on the eastern slope of the tell
(Fig 3). They consisted of the remains of at least three separate dwelling units. The
largest fragment excavated within this trench measured ca 7 x 5m and consisted of four
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