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Jebel Aruda : Volume I: Excavation and Material Culture.
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ISBN: 9464261722 9789464261721 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leiden : Sidestone Press,

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Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Taqba Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For the inhabitants the sacredness of this high place, evidenced by the discovery of a large temple complex, seems to have taken precedent over its impractical location far above the valley of the Euphrates River. The site was destroyed under unknown circumstances, leaving behind the spectacular remains of a well preserved temple complex and numerous houses filled with a rich collection of material culture and administrative tools such as bullae and tablets. A Dutch team excavated the site between 1972 and 1982 while the Tabqua Dam was under construction. These two volumes present the results of these excavations and subsequent research of the remains, with special emphasis on the relationship between the domestic architecture and the finds.These richly illustrated volumes aim to facilitate further research and analysis of an exceptional, short-lived Uruk period settlement, comprising domestic architecture associated with a monumental temple complex. It is intended to appeal to readers interested in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria, as well as archaeologists concerned with architectural and locational analysis in a broader perspective. Volume I presents the results of the excavation, with a discussion of the individual houses and the history of the temple buildings, together with the pottery corpus, the administrative artefacts and sealings, as well as shorter chapters on other material categories (flint, stone etc). The contents of each individual house are presented in Volume II.


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Jebel Aruda : Volume II: Plates of Room Contents.
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ISBN: 9464261757 9789464261752 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leiden : Sidestone Press,

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Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Taqba Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For the inhabitants the sacredness of this high place, evidenced by the discovery of a large temple complex, seems to have taken precedent over its impractical location far above the valley of the Euphrates River. The site was destroyed under unknown circumstances, leaving behind the spectacular remains of a well preserved temple complex and numerous houses filled with a rich collection of material culture and administrative tools such as bullae and tablets. A Dutch team excavated the site between 1972 and 1982 while the Tabqua Dam was under construction. These two volumes present the results of these excavations and subsequent research of the remains, with special emphasis on the relationship between the domestic architecture and the finds.These richly illustrated volumes aim to facilitate further research and analysis of an exceptional, short-lived Uruk period settlement, comprising domestic architecture associated with a monumental temple complex. It is intended to appeal to readers interested in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria, as well as archaeologists concerned with architectural and locational analysis in a broader perspective. Volume I presents the results of the excavation. In Volume II the contents of each individual house are listed and illustrated as discrete room assemblages, with the specific intention of making the evidence available for more detailed analysis of the relationship between material culture and architecture and to stimulate further research into aspects such as identity and the social structure of the settlement surrounding the temples.


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Uruk- Altorientalische Metropole und Kulturzentrum : 8. Internationales Colloquium der deutschen Orient Gesellschaft 25 und 26 April 2013, Berlin
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ISBN: 9783447113687 3447113685 Year: 2021 Publisher: Wiesbaden (Allemagne) : Harassowitz Verlag,

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"Die antike Stadt Uruk (Süd-Irak) war seit dem 4. Jt. v. Chr in hohem Masse an der Entwicklung komplexer politischer Entitäten in Mesopotamien beteiligt. Die Entstehung einer straff organisierten urbanen und administrativen Struktur hatte grossstadtähnliche Besiedlung zur Folge, prägte die Vorstellung von 'Stadt' in Mesopotamien und war Motor für überregionalen Ideen- und Wirtschaftsaustausch. Die damalige überregionale Macht Uruks ging im 3. Jt. v. Chr. verloren, jedoch spielte die Stadt bis in das 3./4. Jh. n. Chr. als anerkanntes religiöses, kulturelles und ökonomisches Zentrum im Süden Mesopotamiens eine bedeutende Rolle. Wissenschaftlich berühmt wurde die Stadt wegen ihrer grossflächig erhaltenen Befunde zur "Uruk-Zeit" (4. Jt. v. Chr.), aber auch dem Nachweis bedeutender intellektueller Leistungen in den nachfolgenden Jahrtausenden. 2013 jährte sich der Beginn archäologischer Forschungen zu Uruk zum einhundertsten Mal. Aus diesem Anlass richtete die Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft ein internationales Colloquium aus, dessen Ergebnisse nun in achtzehn Beiträgen, herausgegeben von Margarete van Ess, publiziert werden. Themenschwerpunkte sind Uruk und Phänomene der 'Uruk-Welt' in der späten Uruk-Zeit sowie die Geschichte der Stadt bis in die Seleukidenzeit. Von Spezialisten verfasst, bietet der Band einen Überblick und guten Einstieg in ganz unterschiedliche Aspekte der Geschichte Uruks." -- From publisher's website.

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