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Excavation results 2001

A brief survey of the excavation results

For over two months – from August 25 to November 3, 2001 - the team of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden continued their excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria.

The group of professionals and students consisted of 23 individuals, from the Netherlands, Syria, Belgium, Italy and Japan. On the spot the team was assisted by some 60 Syrian workmen from the neighbouring village of Tell Hammam et-Turkman.

Tell Sabi Abyad has a long occupational history. The site consists of a group of mounds situated closely together. Together they cover a surface area of almost 8 hectares. The mounds were not all used constantly. Occupation shifted in the course of time, from one mound to another.

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The extensive excavations in 2001 focussed on two mounds: Tell Sabi Abyad I and Tell Sabi Abyad II. These two tells were further investigated for remains of both prehistoric (ca. 7000-6000 BC) and Assyrian (ca. 1200 BC) occupation. Since the various occupational layers overlap only partly, it was possible to excavate the prehistoric settlement and the Assyrian fortress simultaneously.

   Tell Sabi Abyad II
   Tell Sabi Abyad in the late Neolithic
   Tell Sabi Abyad in the Assyrian period
   Assyrian graves
   Assyrian cuneiform texts

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