Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE)·Early Dynastic·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria
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About Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension 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 chamber 5 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.7564N 40.5856E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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
- Partially excavated
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1348 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension
1972–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7564° N · 40.5856° E · 345 m · 4 mapped features
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — Main Temple-Complex Feature
structurePrimary structure at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
36.7575° N · 40.5870° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
enclosureAncillary enclosure at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — platform mound with stratified deposits
36.7579° N · 40.5836° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
rock artOutlier rock_art panel linked to Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
36.7545° N · 40.5858° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension with plastered basin
36.7572° N · 40.5842° E