Bijan Bijan Bijan Island L’île de Bidjan Ancient names: Sapiratum(?) – source: the annals of Tiglath-Pileser I Izan(?) – source: Isidore of Charax Most interesting finds: – Assyrian fortress (two phases) as a link in the chain of frontier defenses along the Euphrates – Pottery vessel with a magical inscription in Aramaic from the early […]
Tell Abu Hafur Most interesting finds: – Relics of domestic architecture from the Early Dynastic period on the main tell and from the Mitanni and Neo-Assyrian periods on the eastern tell – Pottery from different periods History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) […]
Tell Djassa el-Gharbi Tell Jassa (el-Gharbi) Tell Jassas Most interesting finds: – Well-preserved architectural remains – Lead figurine of Ishtar(?) History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) Piotr Bieliński Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw – Directorate […]