TELL ARBID. REPORT ON THE SYRIAN-POLISH EXPLORATIONS IN 2005. THE TENTH SEASON
TELL ARBID. REPORT ON THE SYRIAN-POLISH EXPLORATIONS IN 2005. THE TENTH SEASON

Summary/Abstract: The tenth season was devoted to the continued exploration, in all currently open sectors, of town remains from the 3rd millennium BC, meaning layers corresponding to the Ninevite 5 pottery period (Early Jazirah II). The overall objective was to establish the function of particular urban complexes and their continuation over time. A secondary objective of the season was the search for earlier than Ninevite 5 remains, the presence of which had been suggested by Halaf potsherds discovered in strange stratigraphic positions, like for example Early Dynastic III mud-brick walls. A small concentration of potsherds attributed to the Halaf culture had been noted some 600 m east of the main tell, in the middle of arable fields, but it did not seem a likely 'source' for the Halaf potsherds found in more recent bricks or rubbish on the tell. More importantly, neither the surface collection from the tell nor the finds from the trenches had yielded a single sherd attributable to any of the periods separating Ninevite 5 culture from the Halaf one. Ninevite layers were explored in sectors "SD" on the eastern slope of the tell, "D" in the northwestern corner of the main tell and "W" in the southern part of the site.

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