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Best.-Nr. 45872 — Brepols - Harvey Miller 2003. softcover. 2 vol. 620 p. 44 colour ill. 210 x 297 mm Languages: English. ISBN 9782503991177. This volume is the progress report of three further seasons of excavations at Tell Beydar Syria 1995-1997. The excavations at the central acropolis of the the IIIrd Millennium tell revealed most important Early Jezirah III and IV official buildings including an official block EJ III and a series of temples EJ III-IV. Deep soundings fields G and I brought much informations about the early levels of the Kranzhugel. The E field granary is fully published and adds considerable knowledge about the debated question of storage facilities in Upper Mesopotamia. The discovery of several levels of inner fortification walls proved the strategical importance of this town in the third Millennium. A considerable amount of stratified evidence is presented and helped in setting up the periodization of this urban centre the ancient name of which was probably Nabada. Evidence from the hellenistic levels from the Upper Town enlightens the stratigraphy of this poorly known period in Upper Mesopotamia. Subartu IX includes a preliminary report of excavations at Beydar III a Late Chalcolithic settlement. Brepols - Harvey Miller 2003 paperback