Tell Beydar, the 2000-2002 Seasons of Excavations, the 2003-2004 Seasons of Architectural Restoration. A Preliminary Report: Rapport preliminaire sur les campagnes de fouilles 2000-2003 et les campagnes de restauration architecturale 2003-2004

by Marc Lebeau (Editor), Antoine Suleiman (Editor)

Overview

The third volume about the Euro-Syrian excavations at Tell Beydar constitutes the progress report of the 2000 to 2002 seasons of excavations and the 2003 - 2004 (springtime) seasons of architectural restoration. The central acropolis is currently almost completely uncovered, revealing the Early Jezirah IIIb administrative centre of the ancient city of Nabada. Immediately S of the acropolis, three temples (B, C and D), workshops and storerooms are located in a specific quarter. Soundings have been initiated below the floors of the EJ IIIb Palace and Temple A, reaching official architecture from the EJ IIIa period. B Field has been extended, providing more private houses. Private houses were discovered as well in Field Q. A new area of excavations (P) is scheduled to survey the E part of the city. W of Temple C, a new area of excavations (M/O) reaches a quarter of the city seemingly devoted to handicraft and economical purposes. The hellenistic building of Area A provides clues about architecture, pottery and stratigraphy of a poorly documented period in Upper Mesopotamia. In 2003 a large programme of architectural restoration has been launched, having as main priority the preservation of the EJ IIIb official buildings of the central acropolis. The methods of consolidation/restoration/reconstruction are detailed in the volume. The hellenistic building of Area A has been restored as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782503518121
Publisher:	Brepols Publishers
Publication date:	03/23/2007
Series:	Subartu Series , #15
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Language:	French

Table of Contents

Table des matieres SECTION I: Introduction / M. LEBEAU & A. SULEIMAN, Introduction SECTION II: Tell Beydar I - IIIrd Millennium / Tell Beydar I - IIIe millenaire : V. VAN DER STEDE, Le chantier B: resultats des campagnes 2000 - 2002 ; J. BRETSCHNEIDER, T. CUNNINGHAM & G. JANS, Report on the 2000 Excavation in the South-Western Part of the Early Dynastic Temple A on the Acropolis of Tell Beydar ; C. DEZZI BARDESCHI & M-E. STENUIT, La fouille du Chantier L - Temple A a l'epoque EJ IIIb et batiment associe (campagnes 2001 - 2002) ; M. DEBRUYNE & Greta JANS, The South-Eastern Area of the 'Palatial Complex' of Tell Beydar: The EJ III / ED III Main Entrance, Monumental Stairway and Temple D ; A. SULEIMAN (with the assistance of O. AL-MASHREF & Q. AL-MUHAMMAD), Temples B and C, Storage Building and Artisanal Quarter (Fields F3, M & O, Seasons 2000 - 2002) ; J. BRETSCHNEIDER & T. CUNNINGHAM, An Elite Akkadian Grave on the Acropolis at Tell Beydar ; M-E. STENUIT, Chantier L: sondages EJ IIIa sur l'acropole centrale - campagnes2000-2001-2003 ; A. PRUSS, Tell Beydar 2002 - Field P ; M-E. STENUIT, La fouille du Chantier Q - campagne 2002 SECTION III: Tell Beydar I - Hellenistic Period / Tell Beydar I - Periode hellenistique : R. MARTIN GALAN & E. DEL CASTILLO OLIVARES-PANTOJA, The Hellenistic Palace of Tell Beydar ; R. MARTIN GALAN, The Hellenistic Pottery of Field A ; R. MARTIN GALAN, Structural and Functional Analysis SECTION IV: Tell Beydar I - Restoration / Tell Beydar I - Restauration : M-E. STENUIT, Deux campagnes de restauration architecturale a Tell Beydar/Nabada (automne 2003, printemps 2004)