Verified36.8000° N · 38.2000° E · 350 m
Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)·Early Bronze Euphrates·🇸🇾 Aleppo Governorate, Syria
About
About Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell
Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Euphrates. Ford controlling Euphrates crossing with fort walls near Sura. Euphrates ford Abum (?) with EB fort and Mittani later.
Why it mattersKey Early Bronze Euphrates origin village
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Neolithic origins
- 02Halaf sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Pottery origins model
- 02Early village aggregation
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Bronze Euphrates
- Purpose
- Ford controlling Euphrates crossing with fort walls near Sura
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
36.8000° N · 38.2000° E · 350 m · 3 mapped features
Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell — High Tell Summit
summitSummit mound
36.8001° N · 38.2001° EAbe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell — Peripheral Pits
pitsPeripheral pit houses and workshops
36.7998° N · 38.2002° EAbe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell — Fort Wall Section
wallFortification or enclosure
36.8004° N · 38.1998° E