Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE)·Early Dynastic·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria
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About Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard in Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Dynastic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 9 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.7316N 40.5761E controls access to Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, illustrating Early Dynastic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 2600 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Dynastic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard main structure
c. 625 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7316° N · 40.5761° E · 358 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Main Temple-Complex Feature
moundPrimary mound at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — platform mound with stratified deposits
36.7330° N · 40.5763° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Secondary Enclosure
dromosAncillary dromos at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — platform mound with stratified deposits
36.7323° N · 40.5762° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Outlier Rock Art Panel
structureOutlier structure panel linked to Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard ceremonial landscape
36.7309° N · 40.5769° E