TELL ARBID. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE TWELFTH SEASON OF SYRIAN-POLISH EXCAVATIONS
TELL ARBID. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE TWELFTH SEASON OF SYRIAN-POLISH EXCAVATIONS

Summary/Abstract: During the twelfth field campaign of Syrian-Polish archaeological explorations on the site of Tell Arbid the investigation of 3rd-millennium BC urban remains continued to be the expedition’s main objective, following on the work carried out in the previous two seasons. This year, however, the focus was on layers with dwellings dating to the Ninevite 5 period. The results of the 2005 and 2006 campaigns proved that deposits from this period exceed 15 m in thickness (which corresponds to more than half of the present height of the tell) and cover almost the entire surface of the site (that is, about 14 ha). This makes the Ninevite 5 period one of the most important phases in the history of occupation on Tell Arbid. Excavations were concentrated in two areas where in the last few years substantial parts of the Ninevite 5 town had been uncovered: Sector D in the northwestern part of the main tell, where a residential quarter was excavated, and Sector W in the southern part, where the remains of a Ninevite 5 period temple and its surroundings were the focal point of the season’s work.

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