Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE)·Early Dynastic·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria
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About Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex 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 platform 8 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.7473N 40.5894E 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
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
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
- Excavated
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex main structure
c. 1309 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7473° N · 40.5894° E · 361 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex — Main Temple-Complex FeaturedromosPrimary dromos at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits36.7456° N · 40.5903° E
- Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex — Secondary EnclosurestructureAncillary structure at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits36.7457° N · 40.5898° E
- Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art PanelenclosureOutlier enclosure panel linked to Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape36.7478° N · 40.5898° E