Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE)·Early Dynastic·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria
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About Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace 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 11 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.7330N 40.5671E 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
- 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
- Partially excavated
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace main structure
c. 829 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7330° N · 40.5671° E · 364 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Main Temple-Complex Feature
rock artPrimary rock art at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
36.7336° N · 40.5655° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
hydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits
36.7334° N · 40.5674° ETell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
necropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
36.7333° N · 40.5666° E